I have googled this and found only a couple if things 1st was about security and the other was sql, i have re-installed sql, and the permissions on the sharepoint are as they should be.

also the companyweb page comes back with this :

Cannot connect to the configuration database. For tips on troubleshooting this error, search for article 823287 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com.

i have checked this aswell and comes back to permissions, but as i say, they are correct. as far as i can tell nothing has attacked the server, and no one has access to it except myself, and i havent changed anything in months, but this has only started happening over the last week.


Event ID 1000


#50070: Unable to connect to the database STS_Config on SBSSERVER\SharePoint. Check the database connection information and make sure that the database server is running.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.