SLG Site Creation Job causes timer service to continuously crash

[meastaugh1]

Have had SLG2 (June) installed on our WSS3 server recently. Since installation, the WSS timer service continuously crashes (and restarts). The issue is particularly apparent during a full farm backup as it causes the backup to halt while backing up the search database @ 50%. I've found that disabling the SLG Site Creation job works around the problem. Thus far I've tried applying KB949399 and KB913384, neither of which have addressed the issue.

I've logged it with Capita, but am posting on the off-chance that anyone else is experiencing the same.

These are the errors I'm receiving in the event logs:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: .NET Runtime
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1023
Date: 06/08/2008
Time: 11:51:38
User: N/A
Computer: BMS-SR-APPS1
Description:
.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.42 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (7A05E2B3) (80131506)

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: .NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 06/08/2008
Time: 11:51:38
User: N/A
Computer: BMS-SR-APPS1
Description:
Faulting application owstimer.exe, version 12.0.6211.1000, stamp 46d085ee, faulting module mscorwks.dll, version 2.0.50727.42, stamp 4333e7ec, debug? 0, fault address 0x00113bc7.

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: .NET Runtime
Event Category: None
Event ID: 0
Date: 06/08/2008
Time: 11:52:52
User: N/A
Computer: BMS-SR-APPS1
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( .NET Runtime ) 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: Unable to open shim database version registry key - v2.0.50727.00000.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3 Error Reporting
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5000
Date: 06/08/2008
Time: 11:54:18
User: N/A
Computer: BMS-SR-APPS1
Description:
EventType ulsexception12, P1 owstimer.exe, P2 12.0.6211.1000, P3 46d085ee, P4 missing, P5 missing, P6 missing, P7 missing, P8 missing, P9 c0000005, P10 837l.

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[apearce]

What error messages are you getting in the sharepoint error log located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\LOGS on you sharepoint server

[meastaugh1]

There were several invalid operation (or something like that) messages. Following Capita's advise to download all available Windows Updates seems to have resolved it. Well, it broke it first (of course) by changing the permission on the SQL internal database files so that only administrators had access, and not the system.

Thanks.