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: 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

If you add a web part to a page and it wasn’t written correctly you may experience an issue where the whole page doesn’t load.

When this happens, the simplest way to solve the issue is to perform the following steps:

• Add the string ?contents=1 to the URL of the broken page – e.g. http://intranet/pages/default.aspx?contents=1

• This will take you to the Web Part Maintenance page.  Once the page has loaded, look for the web part that you think is causing the error.  In most cases, it will actually display Error in the web part name.

If you’re ever working with a site that just won’t load and you don’t know it’s structure, you can (if it isn’t severely busted) still attempt to access other pages by manually navigating to the “View All Site Content” page, by adding ** _layouts/viewlsts.aspx** to the end of the site URL.

E.g. http://intranet/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx

If you still have troubles with the site, then you can attempt to navigate to the site settings page and modify the settings that might be causing the issue by adding** _layouts/viewlsts.aspx** to the end of the site URL:

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

As a best practice, SharePoint should be installed using a SQL alias.

Think of a SQL alias like a DNS record, but also being able to refer to a specific SQL instance name.

If you need to upgrade database servers in the future, you will usually be keeping the existing DB server in place, and creating a separate DB server environment (e.g. SQL 2005 vs SQL 2008). If you had your SharePoint installation configured with the server name details of the SQL 2005 environment, then now you have to undertake a long and arduous process to move to 2008.

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.