Re: WSUS and WSS 3.0 broken

Dave,

Thanks for the prompt reply. I run a full daily backup but am unsure as to
the correct path that I need to restore to. I did not want to restore the
incorrect files.

Any ideas as to what the correct path might be?

Thanks again for your assistance.
--
Hugh


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Can you restore a backup of that database? That database is shared by
things other than WSUS, which I believe is what you're running into here -
WSS uses that database in addition to WSUS, so you're going to have to
restore it in order to get WSS working again.


"Hugh" <Hugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:513C1BE1-BA8C-450E-9F81-FEAD8AB52325@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In trying to troubleshoot WSUS 3.0, I saw a post that directed me to
remove
the Windows Internal Database and reinstall WSUS. Now my WSS 3.0 and WSUS
applications are broken. I have tried reinstalling both WSS and WSUS but I
get a message that "failed to start the database service
MSSQL$Microsoft##SSEE".

Also, my event log is a sea of red - Windows Server Update Services Event
421: Connection to database failed. Reason=SQL Server does not exist or
access denied...:

Any suggestions or assistance as how to fix these applications is greatly
appreciated.

--
Hugh


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