December 2009 Entries
Symptom: When you try and edit the crawl schedule in MOSS, you get an access denied: Access is Denied (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) Problem: The wss_wpg doesn't have read/write permissions on the Windows/Tasks folder http://support.microsoft.co... Solution: 1. Change attributes of Tasks folder by typing this in a command prompt: attrib -s c:\windows\tasks 2. Restart Windows Explorer. 3. Add the wss_wpg account with...
Navigate to the site directory. Backup web.config. Open web.config. Switch Custom Errors off. Search for “customErrors” and set the value to “Off” instead of “On”. You can also set the value to “RemoteOnly” to troubleshoot a production issue. Enable CallStack. Search for “CallStack” and set the value to “true” instead of “false”. Save web.config
Problem: When adding a server to the farm, the "Windows SharePoint Services Web Application" is stuck in a starting state Symptom: In Central Admin, Services on Server, status is "Starting" Solution: From the command line: stsadm -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype SPWebService You will get this: Operation completed successfully. If this is a Web service, IIS must be restarted for the change to take effect. To restart IIS, open a command prompt window and type "iisreset /noforce". Service...
Problem: SharePoint Configuration Wizard stuck at task 8 of 9 Symptom: This appears in the upgrade.log file: [SPManager] [DEBUG] [12/22/2009 1:56:15 PM]: SyncUpgradeTimerJob: sleeping for 10 seconds [SPManager] [DEBUG] [12/22/2009 1:56:25 PM]: SyncUpgradeTimerJob: sleeping for 10 seconds [SPManager] [DEBUG] [12/22/2009 1:56:35 PM]: SyncUpgradeTimerJob: sleeping for 10 seconds [SPManager] [DEBUG] [12/22/2009 1:56:45 PM]: SyncUpgradeTimerJob: sleeping for 10 seconds [SPManager] [DEBUG] [12/22/2009...
Syntax stsadm -o addwppack -filename <file name> [-lcid] <language> [-url] <URL name> [-globalinstall] [-force] [-nodeploy] stsadm -o addwppack -name <Web Part name> [-lcid] <language> [-url] <URL name> [-globalinstall] [-force]...
Symptom: Can't build/deploy WSP in Visual Studio Error message: cablib compress error: could not flush cabinet Problem: In the file structure, the WSP has a property of Read-Only. It can't create a new WSP because it can't overwrite the file. Solution: Go into the file structure where the WSP gets built and right-click for properties. Uncheck Read-only and try to rebuild/deploy
When preparing to install SharePoint, ASP.NET v2.0.50727 must be set to a status of allowed in IIS Web Service Extensions. If this item is not in the list in IIS, navigate to: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Fr... or C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Fr... for 64 bit At the command prompt type: aspnet_regiis - i Go back into IIS Manger and it will show in the list and you can set it to a status of Allowed
Symptoms: Error message after failed install: "iis could not be installed on this server" The configure your server.log is: Configurations for an Application Server IIS could not be installed on this server. To install IIS, try running the Configure Your Server Wizard again, or use Add or Remove Programs. When checking the iis6.log in the Windows directory this error appears: OC_COMPLETE_INSTALLATION:ii... Title:IIS Setup Error, Msg:CoGetClassObject 0x80040154=Class not registered...
Shutdown.exe /? Displays the Help listing /i Displays the graphical user interface (GUI); it must be the first option /l Logs off the current user; it cannot be used with the /d or /m options /s Shuts down the computer /r Shuts down and restarts the computer /g Shuts down and restarts the computer and then restarts any registered applications /a Aborts system Shutdown /p Turns off the local computer with no timeout or warning /h Hibernates the local machine /e Documents the reason for shutting down...