03 April, 2009

This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms‏

After you upgrade from Microsoft ASP.NET 1.1 to Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, some ASP.NET-based applications may not function correctly. Additionally, when you access ASP.NET Web pages that have ViewState enabled, you may receive the following error message:
[InvalidOperationException: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.]


This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
-The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\fipsalgorithmpolicy registry subkey is set to 1.
-ASP.NET 2.0 uses the RijndaelManaged implementation of the AES algorithm when it processes view state data. The ReindaelManaged implementation has not been certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). Therefore, the AES algorithm is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.
Resolution:-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911722

Note:-Please follow each step carefully within this document and the issue will be definately resolved.

I hope the above document helps you to overcome the above mentioned error message. Thanks!

Move the SharePoint data from c:\ drive to d:\ drive

=Opened Central administration page and checked for no of web applications & system account (administrator) which is used for those web applications.

=Stopped all SharePoint related IIS web sites

=The following Services had set to Manual:
-Windows SharePoint Services Administration
-Windows SharePoint Services Timer
-Windows SharePoint Services Search
-Windows SharePoint Services Tracing
-Office Document Conversions Launcher Service
-Office Document Conversions Load Balancer Service
-Office SharePoint Server Search
-Indexing services
-IIS Admin Service

= Opened SQL Server Management Studio
= Expanded the Databases section
= For each SharePoint database we need to move, we must perform the following:
-Right clicked on the database
-Clicked on Properties
- Selected Files from the left hand pane
-Make note of the Path
-Clicked on Cancel
-Right clicked again on the database
-Selected Tasks -> Detach..
-Clicked the checkbox for Drop Connections. By default, the checkbox for keep Full Text Catalogs should be checked. Make sure that is true.
-Clicked OK
-For each additional database we need to move, perform the detach method for each
= Once we have detached all the databases, opened a Explorer window, and browse to the database location that was noted in the Properties task
= Selected the databases to be moved
= Right clicked, and selected Copy
= Browse to the new location for the databases
= Right clicked, and selected paste
= Go back to SQL Server Management Studio
= Right clicked on Database and selected Attach
= Clicked on Add..
= Browse to the new location for the databases and selected a database
= We have added each database one at a time
= reset all the services you set to manual in Step 2 to Automatic and started services.
= Turned on all IIS websites that we have stopped
= Browse to your central administration site; we were able to browse all sites correctly.
I hope the above steps will helps you to move your sharePoint databases from one drive to another drive. Thanks!

Moving documents between document libraries in MOSS 2007

There are several ways to move documents between SharePoint document libraries and one of the simplest ways to do this is to use the explorer view.
Here's a step by step reference on how to use the explorer view feature to migrate documents between document libraries.

Open the source and destination document libraries in two separate Internet Explorer windows.
Now select the explorer view

Now copy the source file by simply right clicking the mouse and selecting copy, then paste the file in the destination document library. It's important to remember that when you move documents between document libraries you lose the document version history.

Some users may experience an annoying popup when copying and pasting.

The way to turn this off is to make a change to the client's Internet Explorer:
-Open Internet Explorer
-Click "Tools", then "Internet Options"
-Select the "Security" tab
-Choose the appropriate zone
-Click the "Custom level" button
-Select "Enable" for the "launching programs and files in the IFRAME" option
-Click the "OK" button
-Click "Yes" when prompted to change the settings
-click the "OK" button
-Restart IE.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.
I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you

02 April, 2009

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007) Versions

How do you find out what version of SharePoint you are running?

The first approach is to open a web browser and got to the site settings page (Site Actions > Site Settings > Modify All Settings).

The second approach is against the databases. Open SQL Server Management Studio, Connect to the server, new query, run the following:
SELECT [VersionId]
,[Version]
,[Id]
,[UserName]
,[TimeStamp]
,[FinalizeTimeStamp]
,[Mode]
,[ModeStack]
,[Updates]
,[Notes]
FROM [SharePoint_Config].[dbo].[Versions]
WHERE VersionId = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
ORDER BY Id DESC
This returns :-





The top row is the latest version. The query is performed on the SharePoint Configuration database. If you have called this database something instead of "SharePoint_Config" change the query to reflect this.
You can also look at the versions for Content Databases, by changing the database name. For example: FROM WSS_Content_MySites.[dbo].[Versions]

WSS SP1:- Download

MOSS SP1:- Download

MOSS 2007 post SP1 hotfix KB941422

MOSS 2007 post SP1 hotfix KB941274

MOSS 2007 post SP1 hotfix KB948945

MOSS 2007 Infrastructure Update KB951695 & KB951297

MOSS 2007 Cumulative update KB956056 & KB956057







31 March, 2009

Uninstalling Windows SharePoint Services 2.0

There are different degrees to which you can uninstall Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Depending on your needs, you can choose from the following options:

-Remove Windows SharePoint Services from a virtual server and preserve the site content.
You can choose to remove Windows SharePoint Services, but keep the site content in the content databases. This allows you to extend the virtual server again later and reconnect to the site content. If you leave the content databases intact, you can reconnect to them, from the same virtual server or from a different virtual server, and continue hosting the site content using the same Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Use this method to temporarily remove and then restore a virtual server, or to change which virtual servers are hosting which content in a server farm setting.

-Remove Windows SharePoint Services from a virtual server and delete the site content.
You can choose to remove Windows SharePoint Services and delete the site content in the database. Use this method to remove a virtual server permanently, but continue using Windows SharePoint Services on other virtual servers. For example, use this method if you are finished with a project and no longer need the associated Web sites.

-Uninstall Windows SharePoint Services completely from a server.
You can choose to uninstall Windows SharePoint Services by using the Add/Remove Programs control panel. This method does not delete site content. You can reinstall and reconnect to the site content. Use this method to repair an installation or to remove a Web front-end server from a server farm.

Removing from a Virtual Server by Using HTML Administration
To remove Windows SharePoint Services from a virtual server by using HTML Administration, you use the Remove Windows SharePoint Services from Virtual Server page.

Remove from a virtual server
-Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint -Central Administration.
-On the Central Administration page, under Virtual Server Configuration, click Configure virtual server settings.
-On the Virtual Server List page, select the virtual server you want to configure.
-On the Virtual Server Settings page, under Virtual Server Management, click Remove Windows SharePoint Services from Virtual Server.
-On the Remove Windows SharePoint Services from Virtual Server page, select one of the following:
-Remove without deleting content databases
This removes only the Windows SharePoint Services folders from the virtual server — the content database remains intact, so you can reconnect to it later using the same virtual server or a different one.
-Remove and delete content databases
This both removes the Windows SharePoint Services folders from the virtual server and deletes the content database. You will not be able to reconstruct the sites previously stored on that virtual server unless you have a backup.
-Click OK.

Removing from a Virtual Server by Using the Command Line
You can use the unextendvs operation with the Stsadm.exe command line utility to remove Windows SharePoint Services from a virtual server. The unextendvs operation takes the -url parameter and the optional -deletecontent parameter. When you use unextendvs without the -deletecontent parameter, it leaves the content databases in place, so that you can reconnect to the content for a virtual server. When you include the -deletecontent parameter, the content databases are removed and the virtual server is removed from the configuration database.

For example, to remove Windows SharePoint Services from a virtual server, but preserve the content databases, use the unextendvs operation with syntax like the following:
stsadm -o unextendvs -url http://servername

To remove Windows SharePoint Services from a virtual server and remove the content databases permanently, use the unextendvs operation with syntax like the following:
stsadm -o unextendvs -url http://servername -deletecontent

Note:-When you use the unextendvs operation with the -deletecontent parameter, you cannot reconnect to the site content later.

Uninstalling from the Server Computer
If you want to remove Windows SharePoint Services from a server computer entirely, you can uninstall by using the Add or Remove Programs control panel. Uninstalling Windows SharePoint Services does not remove any chained products that were installed, such as WMSDE. You must uninstall these programs separately.

Uninstall
-On the server computer, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
-Select Windows SharePoint Services, and then click Remove.

When you use the Add or Remove Programs control panel to remove Windows SharePoint Services from a server, it calls a command-line operation, stsadm -o uninstall, to perform the task. The uninstall operation does not remove any chained products that were installed. The uninstall operation takes the optional -deletecontent parameter. When uninstall is used without the -deletecontent parameter, it leaves the content and configuration databases in place, so that Windows SharePoint Services can be reinstalled, and you can reconnect to the databases and continue hosting sites. When the -deletecontent parameter is used, the content and configuration databases are removed, and you cannot recover the site content.

Refferance:-http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288469.aspx