Failed to register SharePoint WSS3.0 Services

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Error Prompted while running SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard Failed and displayed error “Failed to register SharePoint Services.
An exception of the System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException was thrown.
Additional exception information: Could not access the Search service configuration database

Did this following steps and the configuration finished successfully.
  1. 1.      On the Start menu, click Run. In the Open box, type regedit and then click OK.

  2.  2.      In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following subkey, and then delete it:        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\WSS\Services\Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchService


Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard again.

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