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28-11-2007, 01:33 AM

Man that's funny.

Mike Walsh wrote:
> Great minds, eh Jerry !
>
> (Look at the time of both, too ...)
>
> Mike Walsh
>
> Jerry Rasmussen wrote:
>> Why did you install WSS 2.0? Were you using this before?
>>
>> Ellis wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any ideas to get this working??
>>>
>>> "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

28-11-2007, 01:33 AM	#9
Jerry Rasmussen Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Renamed Server - SharePoint stopped Man that's funny. Mike Walsh wrote: > Great minds, eh Jerry ! > > (Look at the time of both, too ...) > > Mike Walsh > > Jerry Rasmussen wrote: >> Why did you install WSS 2.0? Were you using this before? >> >> Ellis wrote: >>> 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. >>> >>> Anyone have any ideas to get this working?? >>> >>> "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