Failed to register SharePoint Services

Hello,

I am trying to re-install Windows SharePoint Services 3 onto a Windows
Server 2003 SP1 machine. It goes through the install and then while it is
configuring, it quits after step 5 with these errors:


- Failed to register SharePoint Services

- Could not access the Search Service configuration database

- An exception of type system.runtime.interopservices.comexeption was
thrown.



I had this error once before, so I did a complete re-install of Windows
Server 2003 , asp.net, and SharePoint Services 3, and all worked fine. I am
trying to avoid the complete re-install of the O/S. I believe it is related
to permissions somewhere, but have tried articles 899965 and 909444 with no
success. At this point, it looks like another re-install would be quicker,
but I would like to resolve this by finding out why and correcting the
issue.


Thanks in advance,

James

Mike
Mon Feb 26 00:14:45 CST 2007

I have found that if I back out everything listed in Control Panel / Add or
Remove programs .. (including both .NET framework 3.0 and 2.0) and then
re-boot before going through the entire WSS 3.0 installation process again
(including checking that application server role is still there and
installing .NET Framework 3.0 (but not 2.0), it works.

Maybe you didn't remove enough of the old configuration before
re-installing.

(Of course given time I'd re-format and re-install the OS too but I've done
the above several times and it's led to a working WSS 3.0 system every
time.)

Mike Walsh
WSS FAQ: www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)

"JJ" <jj@jj.ca> wrote in message
news:8cudnQFWjvt-pULYnZ2dnUVZ_vmqnZ2d@magma.ca...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to re-install Windows SharePoint Services 3 onto a Windows
> Server 2003 SP1 machine. It goes through the install and then while it is
> configuring, it quits after step 5 with these errors:
>
>
> - Failed to register SharePoint Services
>
> - Could not access the Search Service configuration database
>
> - An exception of type system.runtime.interopservices.comexeption was
> thrown.
>
>
>
> I had this error once before, so I did a complete re-install of Windows
> Server 2003 , asp.net, and SharePoint Services 3, and all worked fine. I
> am trying to avoid the complete re-install of the O/S. I believe it is
> related to permissions somewhere, but have tried articles 899965 and
> 909444 with no success. At this point, it looks like another re-install
> would be quicker, but I would like to resolve this by finding out why and
> correcting the issue.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> James
>

JJ
Mon Feb 26 09:45:40 CST 2007

By "if I back out everything listed in Control Panel / Add or
> Remove programs" ....do you mean "uninstall"?



"Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O0%230y1WWHHA.896@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I have found that if I back out everything listed in Control Panel / Add or
>Remove programs .. (including both .NET framework 3.0 and 2.0) and then
>re-boot before going through the entire WSS 3.0 installation process again
>(including checking that application server role is still there and
>installing .NET Framework 3.0 (but not 2.0), it works.
>
> Maybe you didn't remove enough of the old configuration before
> re-installing.
>
> (Of course given time I'd re-format and re-install the OS too but I've
> done the above several times and it's led to a working WSS 3.0 system
> every time.)
>
> Mike Walsh
> WSS FAQ: www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
> No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)
>
> "JJ" <jj@jj.ca> wrote in message
> news:8cudnQFWjvt-pULYnZ2dnUVZ_vmqnZ2d@magma.ca...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to re-install Windows SharePoint Services 3 onto a Windows
>> Server 2003 SP1 machine. It goes through the install and then while it
>> is configuring, it quits after step 5 with these errors:
>>
>>
>> - Failed to register SharePoint Services
>>
>> - Could not access the Search Service configuration database
>>
>> - An exception of type system.runtime.interopservices.comexeption was
>> thrown.
>>
>>
>>
>> I had this error once before, so I did a complete re-install of Windows
>> Server 2003 , asp.net, and SharePoint Services 3, and all worked fine. I
>> am trying to avoid the complete re-install of the O/S. I believe it is
>> related to permissions somewhere, but have tried articles 899965 and
>> 909444 with no success. At this point, it looks like another re-install
>> would be quicker, but I would like to resolve this by finding out why and
>> correcting the issue.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> James
>>
>
>

Mike
Tue Feb 27 06:11:02 CST 2007

Yes.

Mike Walsh

"JJ" <jj@jj.ca> wrote in message
news:aPGdndqZkqw5nX7YnZ2dnUVZ_revnZ2d@magma.ca...
> By "if I back out everything listed in Control Panel / Add or
>> Remove programs" ....do you mean "uninstall"?
>
>
>
> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O0%230y1WWHHA.896@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have found that if I back out everything listed in Control Panel / Add
>>or Remove programs .. (including both .NET framework 3.0 and 2.0) and then
>>re-boot before going through the entire WSS 3.0 installation process again
>>(including checking that application server role is still there and
>>installing .NET Framework 3.0 (but not 2.0), it works.
>>
>> Maybe you didn't remove enough of the old configuration before
>> re-installing.
>>
>> (Of course given time I'd re-format and re-install the OS too but I've
>> done the above several times and it's led to a working WSS 3.0 system
>> every time.)
>>
>> Mike Walsh
>> WSS FAQ: www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
>> No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)
>>
>> "JJ" <jj@jj.ca> wrote in message
>> news:8cudnQFWjvt-pULYnZ2dnUVZ_vmqnZ2d@magma.ca...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to re-install Windows SharePoint Services 3 onto a Windows
>>> Server 2003 SP1 machine. It goes through the install and then while it
>>> is configuring, it quits after step 5 with these errors:
>>>
>>>
>>> - Failed to register SharePoint Services
>>>
>>> - Could not access the Search Service configuration database
>>>
>>> - An exception of type system.runtime.interopservices.comexeption was
>>> thrown.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I had this error once before, so I did a complete re-install of Windows
>>> Server 2003 , asp.net, and SharePoint Services 3, and all worked fine.
>>> I am trying to avoid the complete re-install of the O/S. I believe it
>>> is related to permissions somewhere, but have tried articles 899965 and
>>> 909444 with no success. At this point, it looks like another re-install
>>> would be quicker, but I would like to resolve this by finding out why
>>> and correcting the issue.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>
>>
>
>