Re-Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Product Configuration Wizard Error

Question

So i recently had to start fresh on my SharePoint development server. My database was left remaining on a different server during this process.
So after re-installing SharePoint 2010, I told it to connect to an existing server farm, and then put my database server name in, from which it was able to retrieve the database name. After this step though i ran into my problems... For some reason it is
saying i don't have the appropriate software installed to finish the Configuration Wizard, when i know i have it.
What can I do to fix this problem? 

Answer 1

Hi Zipatones,
Honestly, it is difficult to diagnose the cause of your issue since there could be several reasons. The best I can do is give you several options one of which might be the solution.
1) During the configuration I would let SharePoint setup a new Config database. Then setup a new web application with the same URL as your original one. Instead of creating a site collection, detach that database and attach your original database.
2) Do the same for the service applications. Setup new service applications and then detach and attach the original databases. I highly recommend you use powershell for service apps since you need to find the guids of both the application and its proxy.
3) You need to make sure that the new SharePoint app server has the same version of updates (such as hotfixes) installed on your previous farm.
Hope these recommendations help.
Daniel Christian (MCTS)