Sharepoint 3.0 Config Database Growing Out of Control?

Recently we've seen a growth in disk space on our SBS servers. A big culprit? The config database for Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0.
You'll probably see the database in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSMSI\SSEE\MSSQL.2005\MSSQL\Data directory.

How do we shrink this puppy ASAP?
1. Download the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express if you don't have it installed. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&DisplayLang=en
2. Start up Management Studio Express. You'll probably see SERVER1\MICROSOFT##SSEE in the Server Name. However for the embedded edition that Sharepoint Services uses this will not work. You'll get an error that an error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. It will also tell you that the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. So instead put in np:\\.\pipe\MSSQL$Microsoft##SSEE\sql\query to connect to the instance.
3. Once Studio Express is up click on New Query.
4. Enter the following commands in replacing your db name for the one below:

use master
go
backup log "SharePoint_Config_0832ab09-b60f-4e16-a0c7-86ab757e8246" with truncate_only
use "SharePoint_Config_0832ab09-b60f-4e16-a0c7-86ab757e8246"
go
DBCC SHRINKFILE ('SharePoint_Config_0832ab09-b60f-4e16-a0c7-86ab757e8246_log',1)
go

5. Hit Ctrl-E to run the command

Your Sharepoint Config database should now be back to a reasonable size. Don't forget to set a backup or maintenance plan on Sharepoint to avoid this from happening again!