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Access Denied with Windows Server 2008 and MOSS when Crawling

kipp — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:14:56 +0000

“Access is denied. Check that the Default Content Access Account has access to this content, or add a crawl rule to crawl this content. (The item was deleted because it was either not found or the crawler was denied access to it.)”

I have gotten this error on other deployments but recently I applied on the typically solutions with no success. I eventually came across this blog that ended up resolving my issue.

http://blogs.msdn.com/feldman/archive/2008/09/18/access-denied-with-windows-server-2008-and-moss-when-crawling.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage

Which ultimatly references this Kb by Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861

Missing MySites & MyLinks with SharePoint 2007

kipp — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:03:49 +0000

One of my clients was having a problem with their MySites and MyLinks missing from the top right corner of their SharePoint Sites. The following are the items that could possible cause this to occur.

1. MySite Feature not activated

MySite is a hidden feature and if it is not activated then these links will not be available. Now before you get excited and go check your site collection features….this feature is hidden and is not listed even in central admin…don’t ask. So you have no idea if it is activated or not. To confirm I would just perform the following commands

stsadm -o deactivefeature -name MySite
stsadm -o activatefeature -name MySite

2. Personalization Services Permissions

Central Admin > SSP > Personalization services permissions under User Profiles and My Sites. Make sure that the appropriate users have “Personal Site”(MySites) & “Personal Features” (My Links).

3. Custom Master Page

There is a chance that your master page or CSS has been altered in a manner that causes these links to not be visible. The best way to test this is to create a site that uses the generic SharePoint master page or even see if the links are present within Central Administrator.

Calculated Column to generate HTML

kipp — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:59:05 +0000

Here is a list of posts that have come in handy when tweaking SharePoint sites.

Progress Bar: http://pathtosharepoint.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/a-progress-bar-for-your-tasks-list/

Progress Bar + Color Coding: http://pathtosharepoint.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/progress-bar-color-coding/#

Indicators: http://pathtosharepoint.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/the-html-calculated-column-stay-tuned/

Create custom error page for MOSS

kipp — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:47:30 +0000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941329

List of SharePoint 2007 Web Services

kipp — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:06:26 +0000

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms445760.aspx

Helpful links for configuring Kerberos with SharePoint 2007

kipp — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:21:57 +0000

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263449.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/james_world/archive/2007/08/20/essential-guide-to-kerberos-in-sharepoint.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/martinkearn/archive/2007/04/23/configuring-kerberos-for-sharepoint-2007-part-1-base-configuration-for-sharepoint.aspx

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/spfromscratch/archive/2008/02/11/configuring-kerberos-autentication-on-moss-2007.aspx

http://www.hezser.de/blog/archive/2008/04/20/configuring-kerberos-for-sharepoint.aspx

http://kbalertz.com/953130/configure-SharePoint-Server-Excel-Services-Kerberos-authentication.aspx

Access is denied. Check that the Default Content Access Account has access to this content, or add a crawl rule to crawl this content.

kipp — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:27:36 +0000

When configuring SharePoint 2007 Search settings I get the following error when starting a Full Crawl. I original thought the fix for this was related to Windows Server 2008 but I later found out that it seems to be related to the .NET Framework 3.5. Anyhow, here is the resolve that I have found on the web.

Disable the loopback check
Follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
3. Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.
5. Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861

SharePoint Configuration Failed (step 2)

kipp — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:01:36 +0000

I am currently working on a SharePoint 2007 deployment and ran into the following error during the 2nd step of the Configuration Wizard. When reviewing the event log I see the following error:

Failed to create the configuration database.
An exception of type System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException was thrown. Additional exception information: The process does not possess the ‘SeSecurityPrivilege’ privilege which is required for this operation.
System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException: The process does not possess the ‘SeSecurityPrivilege’ privilege which is required for this operation…

I found out that the ‘SeSecurityPrivilege’ privilege has to do with the accounts ability to have rights to Manage auditing and security log under the Local Security Policies. Which makes since why my client had this blocked even if you are part of the local admins group.

The client ended up created a new OU to place this account under and updated the Group Policy to allow this type of access. After pushing the GP…I was able to get SharePoint configured fine.

SharePoint Designer is FREE

kipp — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:36:54 +0000

SharePoint Designer 2007 is now FREE. This is great but could be very dangerious for your organization. If your users have the ability to download and install software…this could potentially expose your SharePoint environment.

I come from the camp that you should not allow users to alter SharePoint but that key individuals should only be given this access.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42

Logo Ideas

kipp — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:00:40 +0000

A list of sites that have some good examples of logos. I can’t remember where I got this list but I may have stole it from LifeHacker.

http://speckyboy.com/

http://www.logoed.co.uk/blog/

http://www.faveup.com/

http://www.logosauce.com/

http://www.logo-inspiration.de/

http://identityworks.com/

http://www.logolounge.com/

http://www.logotwo.com/

http://logopond.com/