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  • Unknown Error in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

You receive an error condition with the error string “Unknown Error” in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 when you try to check-out or publish from a document library in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

KB 556031

  • How to defragment Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 databases and SharePoint Server 2007 databases

This article describes how to defragment the following Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 databases and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 databases:

•Search database

•Profile database

•Content database

KB 943345

  • A Web Part that contains an ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 UpdatePanel control that uses the _doPostBack() function does not work when the URL of the hosting SharePoint Web site contains international characters

This issue occurs because both Windows SharePoint Services and ASP.NET AJAX cache some types of form actions. Therefore, conflicts may occur.

KB 941955

  • Sites that require forms-based authentication or cookie-based authentication are not crawled in SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search is directed to crawl content that is saved on sites that require forms-based authentication or cookie-based authentication. However, only the logon page of a site is crawled.

KB 934577

  • Some SharePoint timer job definitions are not restored successfully when you back up a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web application or a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web application, and then you restore this application to a new farm

When you back up a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web application or a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web application, and then you restore this application to a new farm, some SharePoint timer job definitions are not restored successfully.

KB 942989

  • Error information may be logged in the STSADM export log file after you install Forefront Security for SharePoint on a computer that is running SharePoint Server 2007: “Access Denied”

You install Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint on a computer that is running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Then, you run the STSADM export operation (The export operation is stsadm -o export.) to export the site data and the subsite data for SharePoint Server 2007. In this scenario, the STSADM export log may contain the following error information:

Access Denied.

KB 941005

SharePoint: GroupBoard Workspace 2007 KB fix

SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard does not finish successfully after you install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Services Packs if GroupBoard Workspace 2007 is installed.

Download fix: x86 | x64

Related KB: x86 | x64

Resolves errors

Configuration Failed
One or more configuration settings failed. Completed configuration settings will not be rolled back. Resolve the problem and run this configuration wizard again.
The following contains detailed information about the failure:
Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products and Technologies. An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration. PostSetupConfigurationTaskException was thrown.
Additional exception information:
Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products and Technologies.

or

The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 3 (SP3)

Microsoft have also released Windows SharePoint Services SP3.

List of issues that the service pack fixes

Windows SharePoint Services SP3 fixes the issues that are described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 938793. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

938793 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938793/) Issues that are fixed in Windows SharePoint Services by Windows SharePoint Services Service Pack 3

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