KB934525 Troubleshooting "Cannot start service SPAdmin on computer '.'."

If when running the sharepoint upgrade wizard you get the error KB934525 Troubleshooting "Cannot start service SPAdmin on computer '.'." follow step 4 in the following link which is

"Option # 4

On the machine where psconfig failed to start the SPAdmin service run:
%commonprogramfiles%\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN\psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force
Modify the service timeout values in the Registry:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control add/modify DWORD value ServicesPipeTimeout to 60000 (60 seconds)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control add/modify STRING value WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 120000 (120 seconds)
Restart the server machine.

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This fixes the problem

http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2007/10/15/kb934525-troubleshooting.aspx