I have taken off WSS completely, installed WSS 2.0 then SP2 then WSS 3.0.
Now I get the 'ConfiguratioN Failed' screen on the Config Wizard,
An exception of System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException was thrown.
"Jerry Rasmussen" wrote:
> I've tried the option in the past. Most things worked be we would get
> odd errors now and then. If possible I would recommend uninstall and
> reinstall WSS 3.0
>
> SSA wrote:
> > Have you tried the stsadm renameserver option?
> >
> > http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office....mspx?mfr=true
> >
> > "Ellis" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am running WSS 3.0 on SBS 2003.
> >>
> >> I have renamed the server to prepare for it entering the network - renamed
> >> it and SharePoint has stopped with SQL errors.
> >>
> >> It all still seems to point to the old name, how do I update all the
> >> SharePoint settings and SQL settings to use the new name??
> >>
> >> thanks for your help
>