Sharepoint 2010 Installing Feb 2011 Cumulative updates error

Using Sharepoint 2010 Server Enterprise on Windows 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition with SQL 2008 Enterprise

Sharepoint 2010 RTM was installed some time ago and has not been updated until today....

Installed the Foundation CU first then the Server CU and ran the Products Configuration wizard.

It fails to complete the upgrade. Not entirely sure why is it is failing, however my guess is it's due to the claims based authentication error I am setting in the event log.

I have attached the diagnostic log and the event viewer messages are below. Any help is appreciated

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Date:          3/22/2011 1:15:08 PM
Event ID:      8306
Task Category: Claims Authentication
Level:         Error
Keywords:      
User:          PROD_SYSTEM\Administrator
Computer:      HDQ-SHRPNTD-01.atlas.local
Description:
An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: Could not connect to http://localhost:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc/actas. TCP error code 10061: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:32843. .
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation" Guid="{6fb7e0cd-52e7-47dd-997a-241563931fc2}" />
    <EventID>8306</EventID>
    <Version>14</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>47</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-03-22T18:15:08.746462900Z" />
    <EventRecordID>56229</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation ActivityID="{B58E68A8-B629-4A59-905F-018DBCFF594F}" />
    <Execution ProcessID="4016" ThreadID="2208" />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>HDQ-SHRPNTD-01.atlas.local</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2117480521-606615253-1302595720-500" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="string0">Could not connect to http://localhost:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc/actas. TCP error code 10061: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:32843. </Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Log Name:      Application
Source:        SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard
Date:          3/22/2011 1:14:11 PM
Event ID:      104
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      HDQ-SHRPNTD-01.atlas.local
Description:
Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products.
An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException was thrown.  Additional exception information: Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products.
Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException: Exception of type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException' was thrown.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.UpgradeTask.Run()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">104</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-03-22T18:14:11.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>56222</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>HDQ-SHRPNTD-01.atlas.local</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products.
An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException was thrown.  Additional exception information: Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products.
Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException: Exception of type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException' was thrown.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.UpgradeTask.Run()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>


PSCDiagnostics-3-22-2011-13-6-14.log
Upgrade-20110322-130632-204-erro.log
Upgrade-20110322-130632-204.log