Cannot connect to the configuration database. Event ID: 33002

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Description:
The description for Event ID ( 33002 ) in Source ( MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: module, dbo.proc_getObjectsByClass.

Solution:

Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard.

Important Because of a problem with the hotfix installation, you must not run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard to complete the installation if you are running a Windows SharePoint Services stand-alone installation that uses the Windows Internal Database Engine. Instead, you must use the Psconfig.exe command-line utility. To do this, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.
2.	Change to the following directory: system drive\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Bin
3.	Run the following command: psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b

If you ran the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard, you may experience a long delay, and the wizard may not be completed successfully.

Alternatively, the configuration process may be unsuccessful, and you may receive the following error messages:

Configuration Failed

An exception of type System.Data.SQLClient.SQLException was thrown. Additional exception information access to module dbo.proc_MSS_GetConfigurationProperty is blocked because the signature is not valid.

Additionally, the following event may be logged in the Application log:

Event ID: 5586
Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3
Unknown SQL Exception 33002 occured.
Additional error information from SQL Server is included below.
Access to module dbo.proc_MSS_GetConfigurationProperty is blocked because the signature is not valid.

If you experience these issues, use the Psconfig.exe command to manually complete the installation of the hotfix.

If this doesn't help try this:

Superb, worked great. Found that the search service was disabled so it failed, but I had to run the command line again with -force on the end after setting the service to automatic.

Thanks very much for your help.

- Kurt