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Bind Tuning featured on Mix 2011

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The Bind Tuning Tool was featured at the keynote on the Mix 2011 event ( http://live.visitmix.com/Keynotes ). Navigate from 01:07:00 to 01:09:00 to see the highlights of the tuning tool usage over Orchard themes, by Drew Robbins. Click here to start tuning!

WSS3/MOSS 2007 upgrade already running stsadm issue

Problem: If an upgrade is started using the stsadm command line tool, you will not able to start another upgrade process from the user interface. If you try to start a second instance of upgrade, the following error message will be displayed: "Unable to upgrade SharePoint Products and Technologies because an upgrade is already in progress. Upgrade progress can be monitored using the Central Administration Web Application or by monitoring the upgrade log on server "X"." http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif "X" is the name of the server that initiated the upgrade process. Solution: stsadm -o setproperty -pn command-line-upgrade-running -pv No http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288357%28office.12%29.aspx

stsadm upgrade fails with too new exception

[ERROR] [08-04-2011 11:05:54]: Upgrade object too new (build version = 12.0.6539.5000, schema version = 12.0.0.0). Current server (build version = 12.0.6425.1000, schema version = 12.0.0.0). After trying almost everything, I managed to get the command working by changing, the... registry! HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0 Key: BuildVersion Value 12.0.6425.1000 To the actual installed version located in C.A. Operations, Servers in Farm (12.0.6554.5000) then it worked! stsadm –o upgrade –inplace –forceupgrade Latest WSS Cummulative Update (12.0.6554.5000) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2475886 Latest MOSS Cummulative Update (12.0.6554.5000) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2475885 WSS/MOSS VERSIONS http://insomniacgeek.com/how-to-determine-the-installed-sharepoint-version/ Source http://vandanarathore.blogspot.com/2009/06/b2b-upgrade-fails-with-error-upgrade.html

Errors Adding a Server to the Farm - Invalid List Template (0x8102007B)

Problem: SharePoint Configuration wizard throws Invalid List Template while adding a server to a farm Solution: Check servers for missing XML templates from one another. Make sure all servers have all language folders: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\1033\XML C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\2070\XML http://www.richardawilson.com/2010/09/erors-adding-server-to-farm-invalid.html

SharePoint Server Issues

Q: "Error 6. The handle is invalid" When starting WSS Serch Service A: Change login account to local service http://consultingblogs.emc.com/johnrayner/archive/2007/02/16/MOSS_3A00_-Error-_2200_The-handle-is-invalid_2200_-when-starting-Windows-SharePoint-Services-_2800_WSS_2900_-Search-service.aspx Q: SharePoint_Config log is too full(SharePoint_Config_log.LDF) A: Backup file and Reset Log to specified MBs SQL SQUERY: BACKUP LOG [Sharepoint_Config] TO DISK='C:\configLogBackup.bak' [Execute] BACKUP LOG [Sharepoint_Config] WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY USE [SharePoint_Config] [Execute] DBCC SHRINKFILE (N'SharePoint_Config_log' , 50) [Execute] http://www.sharepointboris.net/2008/10/sharepoint-config-database-log-file-too-big-reduce-it/ Q: MSSQLSERVER NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Event Failure every Minute A: Remove Jobs from non-existing databases http://www.sharepointassist.com/2009/04/19/login-failed-for-user-nt-authoritysystem-client/ Q: Server error: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlin...

No more passwords lying around

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Let's face it. You own a computer and you do tons of things with it, but still, sometimes you forget you have it. Sometimes you grab a piece of paper to write down some links or passwords , even knowing you will probably loose it sometime or even misunderstant your own hand writing! I love paper, for both reading and writing, but such important information have to be kept somewhere else, for backup reasons, as well as for security and availability reasons. So now you know its a good thing to save your data . But now you face another problem. Once you connect to that great Internet hot spot, all your computer info is automatically available for everyone (and don't tell me you have a good anti-virus or firewall). My take on this is quite simple: assume people WILL in fact gain access to your computer at some point (even with updated OS, firewalls, no shares and so on). By assuming this, you have accepted, in a nutshell, that you cannot trust in technologies. So even with all your...

JavaScript | Get a child element and add a class to it

Here's a simple script, nice to have around. It gets ONE ul element, that is below a top ID element, and adds a class to it.