Issue: Error message when you install an InfoPath 2007 Client Form Template (i.e. a non browser-enabled form) on a Windows Vista or higher computer: “Cannot create InfoPath.ExternalApplication object. Error code = 0×80080005”

Resolution: To work around this issue simply:

• Oen Windows Task Manager

• Stop any InfoPath or Microsoft Outlook process

• Restart the installation of the Form Template

**Issue: **“A runtime exception was detected. Details follow. Message: Access Denied! Only site admin can access Data Source object from user profile DB.”

**Resolution: **Grant the search account access to the SP2007 user profile store

Question: What is the default location of the SSRS log?

Answer: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10_50.MSSQLSERVER\Reporting Services\LogFiles

Having an issue updating querysuggestions.aut with your own query suggestions?

The reason is probably that the matcherserver process is running.

To resolve it, simply stop the matcher server, then update querysuggestions.aut and start the matcher server back up again.

Question: How to find all ContentByQuery web parts for a Farm?

Answer:

• Run this command: stsadm -o enumallwebs -includewebparts > D:\Data\enumwebs.txt

• Open up the enumwebs.txt file just created, and then search for “ContentByQueryWebPart” and take note of the URLs

• Open up IE, then navigate to each URL and add on ?Contents=1 to determine the title of the web part

• (Optional) Export the web part if you want to take a closer look

On FAST ESP, there used to be a technique to get back all documents in your index - enter the minus character, followed by a term that wouldn’t be in your index.

For example: -394kidfdkadkfl2k2

This would bring back all documents.

In FAST Search for SharePoint 2010, this does not work.

The trick instead, is to simply enter the hash character ( # ) by itself / without the parenthesis in the search query textbox.

Have you ever wanted to remove the annoying “Powered by InfoPath” logo that users see when accessing InfoPath forms in the browser?

The good news is that this is pretty straightforward.  Just follow these simple steps:

• Log on to one of the servers in the SharePoint farm (e.g. an App Server)

• Run the following command:  stsadm -o setformsserviceproperty -pn AllowBranding -pv false

Enjoy!

On SharePoint 2007 every now and then you may have a need to delete the SSP so that you can then recreate it.

The trouble is that deleting it through the UI isn’t very reliable.  However, it is reasonably straightforward to do so using stsadm, using the following command line syntax:  stsadm -o deletessp -title “[SSP Title]” -force -deletedatabases

For example: stsadm -o deletessp -title “SSP01″ -force -deletedatabases

Many times you might be connected to one of your servers and all of a sudden copy and paste stops working.

It’s quite frustrating because you might have a really long PowerShell command, or script that you need to run on the server - and you’ll be there all day if you need to manually type it in.

The simplest thing to do here is to:

• Load up Task Manager in your RDP session (right click on the Taskbar, then select Task Manager), then

Issue: Can’t change VM settings (e.g. memory, add another disk) in VPC

Cause: The machine may be closed and in saved state, but it needs to be fully shut down to add more memory or another disk.

Resolution: Shut down the machine completely, then attempt to change the settings again.