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Comment on How to Import Excel Spreadsheets into a SharePoint List by CJ Stacey

CJ Stacey — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:05:54 +0000

Thanks for the nice guide. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Keep up the good work!

Comment on How to Back & Restore VMware ESXi Configuration Using vSphere CLI by MG

MG — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:12:42 +0000

The script worked fine for me but I could not find the backup file. It turns out that since the bin folder resides in Program Files, the command prompt needs to be run as administrator.

Comment on Event ID 5153: The Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) encountered an error attempting to look up the built in IIS_IUSRS group. by Ulf Wiman

Ulf Wiman — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:43:27 +0000

Thank you Mr. Alexander.
You always have the correct solutions and tips.

//Ulf W

Comment on How to Fix Some Common Errors/Warnings After Initial SharePoint Server 2010 Deployment by Amira

Amira — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:08:47 +0000

We have performed an in-place upgrade from SharePoint 2007 SP1 on 32-bit Windows Server 2008, and DB on second 64-bit Windows Server 2008 to SharePoint 2010 on 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2, and DB on 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 (both VMware machines).

I get warning 1,5,6. When I try to run psconfig I get the following:

C:\Windows\system32>PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures
SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard version 12.0.6413.1000
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2005. All rights reserved.

Performing configuration task 1 of 6
Initializing SharePoint Products and Technologies upgrade…

Successfully initialized SharePoint Products and Technologies upgrade.

Then popup window comes up saying SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard has stopped working. After I close the window the following is shown in command prompt.

Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: The neverStarted argument is invalid.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskBase.OnTaskStop(TaskResult
result, String message, String extendedMessage)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.UpgradeBootstrapTask.OnTaskSto
p(TaskResult result, String message, String extendedMessage)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCl
eanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, C
ontextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
C:\Windows\system32>

Do you have any thought on why I am getting this error?

Regards,
Amira

Comment on Add Color to Spruce Up Your SharePoint Content by Zubair Alexander

Zubair Alexander — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:42:30 +0000

Mark,
I have updated the article and you can see in the screenshot exactly what you need to do in SharePoint 2010. You need to click somewhere in the Content Editor Web Part and then on the ribbon select HTML -> Edit HTML Source. You can then paste the code you copied from the convert2html.txt file. When you close the source code window, you will not see any text in the Content Editor Web Part because the code only contains a JavaScript. There is no need to use SharePoint Designer to accomplish this simple task. It should only take a few seconds to copy and paste the code.

By the way, thanks for pointing out that the display name of the zip file didn’t match with the actual name of the zip file. I have made that correction.