After moving SQL Databases from one server to another in my WSS Farm, Search had a little hissy fit on me.   When trying to force a SharePoint crawl… STSADM -o spsearch -action fullcrawlstart   I got this… 'fullcrawlstart' ...[Read More]

I’ve pieced together this batch file as I find I’m always reinventing the wheel, when it comes to installing SharePoint Solutions that don’t come with an installer (setup.exe type deal).   So, here it is, ready to be used by you (and easy to find, ...[Read More]

I create site templates all the time, based on look, feel and lists that I've defined. But today, I wanted to move a SharePoint site (that didn't have much content, note that Site Templates are recommended to be under 10MB to add as 'new sites') and ...[Read More]

This article was critical to helping allow us to have (in our case, Backup Exec) relay SMTP messages against our internal Exchange 2007 Server.  Well worth bookmarking...   http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/12/28/432013.aspx ...[Read More]

Wow, what an ugly problem tonight. And a whole bunch of FUD I found on Google that produced no help whatsoever.   Inventory Here's the inventory of systems I had here (yours may differ) Windows Server 2008 IIS 7 WSS 3.0   Errors ...[Read More]

You can do it the hard way Stop/Start SQL Server to release current ERRORLOG files and then delete them from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\LOG or wherever they might be   Or, you can...   Do it the easy way Recycle ...[Read More]

Over the years, I've seen lots of talk on the use of long passwords and complex passwords, etc. and I've narrowed the noise down to two options, that we recommend to our clients (and I tend to lean towards the 2nd option). In order to maintain good ...[Read More]

Another standard (and neat NotePad trick) at itgroove.   Pop-up Change Control prompts for servers. Here’s the deal...   Installation 1. On every server, you place the (TWO) txt files (compressed in the ZIP), in the \All Users\Startup folder ...[Read More]

The article below, turned out to be very useful, for when you need to configure SMTP Relay, on an Exchange 2007 Server (single server, no EDGE). It’s not as straightforward as it once was, that is for sure, though I like the idea of making it a bit ...[Read More]

Ran into the following today and appears the 'ole Internet is littered with reasons for the possibility of it happening, none of which applied to me.  So, here's my addition to that list... :-)   I got this... Failed to update recipient & ...[Read More]