During the upgrade of SharePoint 2007 from SP2 to SP3, the “SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard” showed the following error message: This happened at Task 8 during the upgrade of the SQL databases. The error message above was not very helpful: “The following contains detailed information about the failure: Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products and Technologies” The upgrade.log in the 12 hive log directory shed some more light on it: [SearchDatabaseSequence] Read more [...]
Starting 28-July-2012, I see the following entries in the KC warning log once a day:
[28/Jul/2012 xx:xx:xx] License update failed: Automatic license update failed during attempt to contact registration server: (11) Unexpected server response
[29/Jul/2012 xx:xx:xx] License update failed: Automatic license update failed during attempt to contact registration server: (11) Client-Server communication error.: couldn't connect to host
[30/Jul/2012 xx:xx:xx] License update failed: Automatic license update Read more [...]
When I updated my Windows 2008 R2 Servers to SP1 via Remote Desktop I lost my RDP session when the machines reboot (which is normal). But after they are up and running again, when I try to connect via Remote Desktop, they cancel my connection.
After some research I found that this happens if you install the Security Hotfix 2667402 before SP1. From the KB, under the “Known Issues” section:
After you install security update 2667402 on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 Read more [...]
Many people prefer Google over Bing. But Internet Explorer just comes with Bing by default. You used to be able to add Google easily by choosing “Find more search providers …” within the Add-on page in Internet Explorer. But due to a recent change from Microsoft, you will now be presented with a page that contains all sorts of providers, but not Google: To solve this issue, just add the following keys to your registry, and Google will be there, including search suggestions and everything: Read more [...]
I am only listing the well-known TCP/IP Ports I have ever used personally. There are of course more ports.
ftp-data 20 File Transfer [Default Data]
ftp 21 File Transfer [Control]
ssh 22 Secure Shell
telnet 23 Telnet
smtp 25 Simple Mail Transfer
domain 53 Domain Name Server (DNS)
bootps 67 Bootstrap Read more [...]
The classic SMTP error code consists of three digits (e.g. 220 mail.domain.tld SMTP ready.). The ESMTP status codes are additions to the classic code and consist of digits devided by dots (5.1.1 User unknown.). Many times you see both types of code combined (e.g. 550 5.1.1 User unknown). Find below a list of the most common codes:
2xx Request ok. Go ahead.
220 Mail service is running (ESMTP ready).
221 2.0.0 Closing connection (Mail received successfully, Goodbye).
250 2.0.0 Message accepted Read more [...]
Have you ever wondered what the default pattern matching string for the proxy URL settings in BES means?
.*://.*(:\d*)?(/.*)*(\?.*)?
Well, this is Java RegEx (Regular Expression) language. Find below some examples that help understand the RegEx:
. matches exactly one character
.* matches any number of characters (including 0), short for .{0,}
.+ matches one or more characters, short for .{1,}
.? matches zero or one character, short for .{0,1}
.{7} Read more [...]
Find below the version and corresponding bundle number of the BES versions. The third number is the Service Pack (SP) number, e.g. 4.1.5 means version 4.1 with SP5.
HF = Hotfix
MR = Maintenance Release
The bundle number is important when you need to find out which version you are running. It is listed in “Add/Remove Programs”.
Version
Bundle
4.0.2
11
4.0.2 HF1
13
4.0.2 HF2
15
4.0.2 HF3
16
4.0.3
9
4.0.3 HF1
11
4.0.3 HF2
14
4.0.3 Read more [...]
In Sharepoint Foundation 2010, there are menu items and ribbon buttons that allow you to edit things in Sharepoint Designer. If you haven’t got Designer installed, you get a pop-up a message, saying “Download Sharepoint Designer”. This even happens if you disallow Sharepoint Designer in the Web Application properties. The easiest way to get rid of those items is to modify two files in the Sharepoint installation. Remember to make copies of the original files before editing. Also remember that Read more [...]
Here's a list of Hidden Menus & Functions I've stumbled across. Some of them are handy for BES/Enterprise support only.
Most require you to hold down the ALT key whilst typing the letters after the + sign (they don't need to be capitals).
Enterprise Activation (Options->Advanced)
ALT+CNFG - Settings for Enterprise Activation
Address Book
ALT+VALD - Validate the data structure and look for inconsistencies
ALT+RBLD - Force a data structure rebuild
from the Options menu, Read more [...]
