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October 2009 Cumulative Updates for MOSS and WSS


WSS server-package Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package Cumulative update packages for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 contain hotfixes for the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 issues that were fixed since the release of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 MOSS server-package SharePoint Server 2007 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (KB974988) Cumulative update packages for […]

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Slipstreamed MOSS 2007 SP2 install and Windows Server 2008 problem


Funny thing happened yesterday, I attempted to create a site collection using the Publishing template and received an error about the publishing feature must first be enabled for the web application. It turned out that during my MOSS 2007 SP2 install I had not installed the IIS Role myself (SharePoint can do it so why […]

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VSeWSS 1.3 Lessons Learned….Put that PKG folder under Version Control


These are the SharePoint developer tools for Visual Studio 2008.  I had been using these to develop some features for SharePoint, specifically Content Types and Site Columns. When VSeWSS 1.3 packages (builds the WSP) the SharePoint project for deployment it creates a pkg folder inside your project directory where it maintains the IDs of the […]

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Exception: Unable to create type ‘XXXXXXXXXXX.MenuAdapter’


[Exception: Unable to create type ‘XXXXXXXXXXX.MenuAdapter’.]   System.Web.Configuration.HttpCapabilitiesBase.GetAdapter(Control control) +2625202   System.Web.UI.Control.ResolveAdapter() +117System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +30System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +279  System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +279   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +279   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +279   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean We started to get this error after we applied SP2 on MOSS, while we had this error previously we were not able to reproduce it all the time.  […]

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Group Policy, Windows Server 2008 and SharePoint 2007 issue


Recently I was tasked to prepare some VMs for some SharePoint Developers and the configuration we decided upon was: Windows Server 2008 w/SP2 x64 SharePoint Server 2007 w/SP2 x64 SQL Server 2008 w/SP1 x64 After the installation/configuration of SharePoint 2007 the Central Administration site was launched and Internet Explorer displayed a blank page.  This was […]

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Bug with Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SharePoint Server 2007


During the installation of SP2, a product expiration date is improperly activated.  This means SharePoint will expire as though it was a trial installation 180 days after SP2 is deployed.  The activation of the expiration date will not affect the normal function of SharePoint up until the expiration date passes, 180 days after the SP2 […]

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Rename a stand-alone server (WSS 3.0)


I am referring to this article on TechNet, but where you’ve already renamed your server (like when you’ve cloned a VM) and you are unable to connect to SharePoint. In this case you will be unable to follow the steps in the above article due to the fact that SharePoint cannot access the database.  What […]

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WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Service Pack 2 are now available


  The 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (SP2) package gives customers the latest updates to the 2007 Office server products. This service pack includes two main categories of fixes: Previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for this service pack. In addition to providing general product fixes, SP2 includes improvements in stability, in […]

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SharePoint Server 2007 and WSS 3.0 SDKs – Version 1.5 Available


The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 SDK is designed for solution providers, independent software vendors, value-added resellers, and other developers to learn about the new Office SharePoint Server 2007 enterprise application and platform. It features conceptual and "How to" articles, sample code, and programming references. The Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 SDK contains conceptual […]

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Windows Workflow and SharePoint Server 2007: An error has occurred in


You will experience this error if you’ve added a Delay Activity to your Workflow and you have an object in memory that is unable to be serialized when the workflow executes the DelayFor.  The error isn’t really clear and nothing is written to the Event Log either when this error occurs. If you have a […]

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