Windows 2003 SP1

This post maybe helpful to others re. SP1
We have 4 Dell servers in a single domain acting as DCs
We updated two of the DCs to SP1 without a problem.
The other two got trashed when we installed SP1.
Installation completed successfully but on reboot the registry was corrupted
with a STOP message and Registry_Error and error code 0x00000051.
Reboot in Safe mode and last known good config gave same result.
Both DCs are in different geographic sites on different subnets but the
error was the same in both cases.
This neccessitated a complete reinstall of Windows 2003 server.
Then had to seize the FMSO roles, remove DC objects from AD using NTDSUTILS
and run metadata cleanup, before recreating the DCs.(DCPROMO)

I certainly did'nt want to spend all of last night and early morning doing
this, so thanks alot Bill.
Any MS pros out there who can throw some light on this?

Moral - really check SP1 out and watch it like a hawk.
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