I've seen similar circumstances.  Most of the people I've worked with that had certifications really didn't understand the tools they were working with beyond what it took to take the...

Sorry! I should have seen that. What does it say in the sql*.log (under c:\winnt) file(s)? There should be a specific reason for the failure.

I just finished SP3 on 50 servers over the past 4 weeks. I had several cases of the 'unable to verify'. Search for sql*.log in your WINNT directory,...