Microsoft KB Archive/944154

= You receive an HTTP 404 error message when you browse the SharePoint site collections after a hotfix package or a public update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is applied =

Article ID: 944154

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you browse a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site collection, you cannot access the site collection as expected. Instead, you receive an HTTP 404 error message. Additionally, you experience the following symptoms:  The following error message is logged in the Application log on the server that is running SharePoint Services 3.0:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3

Event Category: Topology

Event ID: 6800

Date:

Time:

User: N/A

Computer:

Description:

The database WSS_Content on \Microsoft##SSEE is not accessible to missing Windows Internal Database signatures.

 You receive an error message in the upgrade log that resembles the following:

[SPServerSequence] [DEBUG] [ ]: Web service Instance SPWebServiceInstance Parent=SPServer Name= not added. Status = Provisioning



Finally, you may also receive one of the following error messages:

Access to the table dbo.sites is blocked because the signature is not valid.

Access to module dbo.proc_GetCurrent is blocked because the signature is not valid.

This problem occurs after a hotfix package or a public update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is applied.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the SPWebService service has not been fully provisioned.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:  Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK. Change to the following directory:



Note The  placeholder represents the drive on which Windows is installed. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER to stop the SPWebService service:

stsadm -o provisionservice -action stop -servicetype spwebservice -servicename &quot;&quot;

 After the SPWebService service has stopped, type the following command, and then press ENTER to start the SPWebService service:

stsadm -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype spwebservice -servicename &quot;&quot;

</li> After the SPWebService service is started, type the following command to complete the hotfix process or the update process:

psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force

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