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Category : Access 2003
(2)
Cannot edit the lookup field of a linked Windows SharePoint Services list when you link the list in an Access 2003 database (ver 2.1)
6/1/2004
The default field names in a Windows SharePoint Services list are preceded by underscore characters (ver 1.1)
6/3/2004
Category : Alerts
(2)
E-mail notifications are not sent by Windows SharePoint Services or by SharePoint Team Services when content on the Web site changes (ver 1.1)
9/28/2004
You do not receive e-mail notifications after you configure an alert to notify you when Web site content is changed in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 3.0)
10/19/2006
Category : ASP.NET
(4)
How to enable an ASP.Net application to run on a SharePoint virtual server (ver 4.4)
1/9/2006
Session state cannot be used in ASP.NET with Windows SharePoint Services (ver 1.2)
8/24/2004
You cannot use the Windows SharePoint Services object model with the ASP.NET BeginRequest event (ver 1.1)
1/9/2006
You receive a "The Windows SharePoint Services virtual server has not been configured for use with ASP.NET 2.0.xxxxx.0" error message when you connect to the home page of a Windows SharePoint Services Web site (ver 3.4)
9/7/2006
Category : Authentication Problems
(7)
After you migrate a user from a different Active Directory domain, the user can no longer access Windows SharePoint Services
4/15/2005
Digest authentication and Advanced Digest authentication are not supported in Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (ver 6.0)
6/20/2006
How to configure a Windows SharePoint Services virtual server to use Kerberos authentication and how to switch from Kerberos authentication back to NTLM authentication (ver 10.2)
9/5/2007
Users who are members of the local Administrators group have access to all the content in your Windows SharePoint Services Web sites (ver 4.0)
9/5/2006
Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 does not support forms-based authentication (ver 6.0)
11/19/2007
You receive a "Server Error in '/' Application. Access to the path <path> is denied" error message when you log on to Windows SharePoint Services (ver 9.1)
12/11/2007
You receive a "You are not authorized to view this page" error message when you connect to the SharePoint Central Administration page in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 3.0)
3/30/2006
Category : Backup and Restore
(2)
Description of updates to the "Backing Up and Restoring Web Sites" topic in the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide (ver 1.1)
6/28/2005
How to back up and restore installations of Windows SharePoint Services that use Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) (ver 2.0)
11/3/2005
Category : Connection Problems
(10)
"Cannot Complete the Request to Connect to Another Page" Error Message When You Programmatically Create a Cross-Page Connection (ver 1.1)
1/11/2006
"The Data Source Does Not Contain Valid XML Data" error message when you click a link on a Windows SharePoint Services Web site (ver 2.3)
1/6/2006
Event ID 1000 is logged one or more times in the Application log and users do not receive e-mail notification when content on the Web site changes in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 1.1)[this is #50070: Unable to connect to the database DatabaseName too]
6/23/2005
You cannot access portal sites or Web sites, certain areas of SharePoint Portal Central Administration display the incorrect server name, and e-mail notifications contain incorrect URLs after you rename the server (ver 8.0)
10/11/2007
You cannot connect to Windows SharePoint Services in Office 2003 (ver 2.1)
1/9/2006
You Receive a "Service Unavailable" Error Message When You Browse a Windows SharePoint Services Web Site (ver 4.0)
10/10/2007
You receive a "The page cannot be found" error message when you connect to a Web page in a virtual directory that is located in the root directory of a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 portal site or a Windows SharePoint Services Web site
5/20/2005
You receive a "The server couldn't log you on" error message when you use an Office 2003 program to connect to a Windows SharePoint Services server
9/21/2005
You receive an "Access Denied" or "Cannot Complete This Action" Error Message When You Try to Connect to a Windows SharePoint Services Web Site (ver 1.3)
1/9/2006
You receive an "An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request" error message when you connect to your Windows SharePoint Services Web site (ver 3.2)
1/9/2006
Category : Database - Other
(5)
Databases Are Not Removed from SQL Server When You Remove Windows SharePoint Services (ver 2.1)
1/9/2006
Support may not be available if you modify tables or stored procedures in SharePoint Portal Server or Windows SharePoint Services databases (ver 5.0)
2/3/2006
WMSDE Setup Unexpectedly Starts and You Receive an "Unable to Run Script File" Error Message When You Add or Remove a Windows Component on a Server That Is Running Windows SharePoint Services and WMSDE (ver 2.1)
1/9/2006
You cannot configure the time-out value of the OLEDB database connection in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (ver 3.0)
1/4/2006
You receive an "Unable to connect to database" error message when you connect to a Windows SharePoint Services Web site after you upgrade WMSDE to SQL Server 2000 (ver 1.2)
1/9/2006
Category : Databases - Configuration Database
(5)
"Error 18456" error message when you specify configuration database settings on the Set Configuration Database Server page of SharePoint Central Administration (ver 1.1)
12/15/2004
Error message when you use the Stsadm.exe command-line tool to add a Web Part package in Windows SharePoint Services: "The configuration database could not be updated"
5/8/2006
You receive a "Cannot connect to configuration database" error message when you access your Windows SharePoint Services Web site (ver 1.5)
1/9/2006
You receive a "Cannot connect to the configuration database" error message when you connect to your Windows SharePoint Services Web site (ver 3.0)
5/13/2008
You receive an "Error accessing database" error message and other error messages when you try to create a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or a Windows SharePoint Services configuration database (ver 1.3)
9/8/2004
Category : Databases - Content Database
(4)
Description of a new command-line operation that you can use to repair content databases in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (ver 2.2)
10/24/2007
Using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services with a content database that is configured as read-only in Microsoft SQL Server
3/7/2005
You receive a "Database <Database_Name> already exists" error message when you manage your Windows SharePoint Services content database (ver 3.2)
1/9/2006
You receive an "Error code: 2779" error message when you install Windows SharePoint Services, create a new content database, or provision a new virtual server (ver 10.5)
12/3/2007
Category : Discussions
(1)
Discussions are not migrated when you upgrade from a SharePoint Team Services Web site to a Windows SharePoint Services Web site
3/2/2004
Category : Document Libraries and Lists
(47)
"Column Limit Exceeded" Message When You Add a New Column to a SharePoint Services List (ver 2.2)
1/9/2006
"Data provider or other service returned an E_FAIL status" error message when you export a document library in Windows SharePoint Services to an Excel workbook (ver 2.0)
4/11/2005
"Invalid URL Parameter" Error Message When You Configure A Document Library for E-Mail Insertion in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 2.1)
1/9/2006
"The document could not be created" error message appears when you click New Document on a Windows SharePoint Services list view page (ver 3.1)
1/6/2006
"This form is not available for this list" error message when you upload a document to a document library in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 1.1)
1/9/2006
"You do not have permission to upload this document" error message when you upload a document to a document library in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 1.1)
8/27/2004
A Blank, White Web Page Is Displayed in Internet Explorer When You Try to View Documents in the Document Library in Explorer View (ver 4.2)
1/9/2006
A user who logs on to a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Web site by using anonymous access cannot view a document that is checked out by another user (ver 3.0)
10/18/2007
An Office XP file that you check in to a document library still appears to be checked out in Windows SharePoint Services
9/14/2006
Changes are not saved when you use an Office 2003 program to change a 2007 Office file in a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 document library (ver 1.1)
12/19/2006
Commands are missing when you right-click an item in a library in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and in Windows SharePoint Services
4/27/2006
Delete Event Runs Even Though the File or Folder in the Document Library Is Not Deleted (ver 1.1)
1/9/2006
Documents that are attached to e-mail messages are not added to an e-mail-enabled document library in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 1.1)
1/21/2005
E-mail message attachments are not uploaded to the document library in your SharePoint Services virtual server (ver 1.5)
10/25/2007
Error message when you try to edit an Office document in a document library: "'Edit Document' requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible application" (ver 2.0)
1/26/2007
Error message when you try to open a Word 2003 XML document from a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 document library (ver 2.0)
5/12/2004
How to add an icon to Windows SharePoint Services to represent Adobe PDF documents that are stored in document libraries (ver 2.3)
11/30/2007
How to add the Insert hyperlink button to the Format toolbar of an announcement in a SharePoint Portal Server Announcement page by using FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.0) [Applies to WSS too]
5/19/2004
How to create read-only views in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
12/22/2006
How to move files between document libraries on a Windows SharePoint Services Web site (ver 1.3)
1/9/2006
How to programmatically download attachments from list items in Windows SharePoint Services
12/20/2006
List items in a column that stores data and time information are grouped incorrectly in a view (ver 2.2)
1/9/2006
Metadata of non-Office documents is not retained after you copy documents to a document library in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (ver 2.0)
10/18/2007
Multiple users cannot make changes to a shared Excel 2003 workbook at the same time in SharePoint Portal Server or in Windows SharePoint Services
11/11/2004
New items that you add to a custom Calendar view of a list in a Windows SharePoint Services Web site may not be displayed (ver 2.3)
9/26/2007
Office 2003 documents open read-only in Internet Explorer (ver 6.0)
6/30/2008
Overview of the Content Approval Feature and the Approval Status of Items in a List or in a Document Library (ver 1.1)
1/9/2006
Previously-approved versions of documents that you check into the document library are not visible to users (ver 1.1)
2/9/2004
The default value that you specify for a custom column is not applied when you upload a document to a document library in Windows SharePoint Services
4/27/2006
The event is not displayed in Calendar view when you add a new event to an Events list in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 2.0)
5/11/2005
The Last Modified Time value is updated when you discard the changes when you check in a document in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (ver 2.0)
2/9/2006
The latest version of the document does not appear in Internet Explorer when you open a Word 2002 document, an Excel 2002 workbook, or a PowerPoint 2002 presentation in a document library in Windows SharePoint Services
5/25/2005
Two versions of the same document appear when you put a document in a Windows SharePoint Services document library (ver 1.3)
1/9/2006
You are prompted to enter your user name and your password when you open an Office document in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 1.1)
4/15/2005
You cannot edit an existing document or create a new document in a document library in your Windows SharePoint Services Web site or in your SharePoint Team Services Web site (ver 1.9)
9/26/2007
You cannot input more than 255 characters in the Text field of a document library or picture library in Windows SharePoint Services
11/17/2005
You cannot use a Web browser to access a document library after you delete the document library Forms folder in Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 (ver 5.1)
8/13/2007
You receive a "<FileName> is locked for editing by 'another user'" message when you try to modify a document in Windows SharePoint Services even though you are the user who previously opened the document
6/9/2005
You receive a "Cannot open file" error message after you download a .ZIP file from a document library in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 2.1)
9/8/2004
You receive a "The page cannot be found" or a "Missing file" error messages when you view or change an Office document that is saved as a Web page and stored in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 2.2)
1/9/2006
You receive a "The security validation for this page is invalid" error message when you try to check out a document in a document library (ver 1.2)
1/9/2006
You receive a "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items" message when you click Explorer View in a document library in Windows SharePoint Services or in SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft (ver 2.1)
9/8/2004
You receive an "Access denied" or a “Word cannot open the document: user does not have access privileges” error message when you access a Windows SharePoint Services document library as a member of the Readers site group (ver 3.1)
11/30/2007
You receive an "'Edit Document' requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible application" error message when you try to edit an Office document in a document library (ver 1.1)
9/8/2004
You receive an "'Edit Document' requires a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible application" error message when you try to modify a document that is stored in a document library in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or in Windows SharePoint Services
3/2/2005
You receive an error message when you try to open an Office document or start Outlook (ver 10.1)
1/6/2006
You receive an error message when you try to upload a file to a document library in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or in Windows SharePoint Services
3/8/2005
Category : Document Workspace
(1)
You receive a "The location you selected for your new Document Workspace is a restricted or non-trusted site" message when you try to create a document workspace (ver 2.2)
2/13/2006
Category : Excel 2002
(1)
Some exported fields display a number sign (#) delimiter when you export a list to Excel 2002 from a Windows SharePoint Services Web site
9/13/2005
Category : Excel 2003
(5)
Data that is not valid is synchronized to a SharePoint list in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (ver 2.3)
4/4/2006
Error message when you import the results from a Survey page from a Windows SharePoint Services site into an Excel 2003 workbook (ver 1.2)
1/9/2006
XML List Schemas and Unsynchronized Windows SharePoint Services List Changes Are Missing (ver 3.1) (Excel 2003 KB Article)
1/11/2006
You receive a "Cannot connect to server at this time. Your list cannot be published" error message when you import an Excel spreadsheet to use as a basis for a new list in Windows SharePoint Services (ver 1.1)
9/8/2004
You receive a "The list cannot be imported because a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible spreadsheet application is not installed" error message when you try to import an Excel 2003 spreadsheet in your Windows SharePoint Services site (ver 3.0)
12/3/2004
Category : Excel 2007
(1)
You cannot remove a data connection for a linked SharePoint list in Excel 2007
4/13/2007
Category : Exchange 2003
(1)
You receive a "Page not found" error message when you use Outlook Web Access (OWA) to browse the Exchange Server 2003 client after you install Windows SharePoint Services (ver 4.3)
5/23/2006
Category : Explorer View
(1)
Error message when you click Explorer View in a document library in Windows SharePoint Services or in SharePoint Team Services from Microsoft: "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items" (ver 3.5)
10/12/2007
Category : Folders
(1)
Subfiles and subfolders are modified when you rename the parent folder in the Windows SharePoint Services document library (ver 1.1)
11/3/2005
Category : FrontPage 2003
(23)
"Could not instantiate control SharePoint:ProjectProperty" error message when you view a Windows SharePoint Services Web page
3/31/2004
Data in a converted List View Web Part is not visible in Design view in FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.2)
1/6/2006
Data May Be Repeated on the Windows SharePoint Services Web Page (ver 2.1) (FP 2003 KB Article)
1/6/2006
Description of the FrontPage 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package: October 4, 2004 (ver 2.0)
10/28/2005
Description of the Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 3, 2004 (fixes Serbian WSS problem) (ver 3.0)
10/28/2005
Description of things to consider when you edit SharePoint Web sites by using FrontPage 2003 (ver 1.2)
7/19/2004
Error message when you try to import a .dwp file in FrontPage 2003
6/30/2004
Error messages in Windows SharePoint Services: "Server Error in '/_vti_bin' Application" or "The list cannot be displayed in datasheet view"
2/28/2006
How to disable FrontPage authoring for Windows SharePoint Services (ver 3.4)
7/30/2007
How to move a Windows SharePoint Services Web site from one server to another by using FrontPage 2003 (ver 1.4)
1/6/2006
How to set up a restricted-access Web by using FrontPage 2003 (ver 1.2)
1/6/2006
How to use a URL to pass parameter information with an SQL query for a data source by using FrontPage 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services (ver 2.0)
1/6/2006
In FrontPage 2003, you receive error messages when you try to create a new subsite on a Serbian Windows SharePoint Services site by using one of the Windows SharePoint Services templates (ver 3.0)
2/9/2005
Incorrect links appear in the "Select a View" area of the Allitems.aspx page after you use FrontPage 2003 to add a Web Part (ver 2.0)
4/1/2004
Picture does not appear as expected after you insert a graphic into your Web page in FrontPage 2003
11/10/2004
You are repeatedly prompted to enter your user credentials when you try to rename a subsite in FrontPage 2003 (ver 1.3)
1/9/2006
You cannot change an EditForm object for a list to point to a specified file in FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.2)
1/6/2006
You receive a "Cannot run the FrontPage Server Extensions on this page" error message when you upload a file to your SharePoint Web site in FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.2)
1/6/2006
You receive a "The Data Source does not contain valid XML data" error message when you use FrontPage 2003 to insert a Data View of a Windows SharePoint Services list
1/4/2005
You receive a "The folder 'URL' isn't accessible" error message when you use FrontPage 2003 to open a subsite (ver 1.1)
10/14/2005
You receive a “You cannot copy or move a thicket file” error message and you cannot rename the Windows SharePoint Services Default.aspx Web page in FrontPage 2003 (ver 4.3)
1/6/2006
You receive a SharePoint Services required error message when you publish Web pages in FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.2)
1/6/2006
You repeatedly receive a request for authentication when you create a Web or when you open a Web on a SharePoint Web site in FrontPage 2003 (ver 4.2)
1/6/2006
Category : FrontPage Data View
(23)
"The server for the data source returned a non-specific error" error message when you open or refresh an ASPX page in FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.1)
7/19/2004
Certain properties of a list in your Windows SharePoint Services Web site are displayed incorrectly if the Web Part page contains a Data View Web Part
1/14/2005
Error message when you create a new Data View in a Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Web site that connects to an Access database: "The data retrieval service encountered an error during connection to the data source"
12/8/2006
How to add a column to an XSLT Data View that counts the lines in that Data View in FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.1)
1/6/2006
How to add the picture data view element to an existing data view from a data source that is on a server that is running Windows SharePoint Services by using FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.0)
5/11/2005
How to create a Data View Web Part that triggers a connection from the Drop-down view style in FrontPage 2003
8/6/2004
How to create an XSLT Data View of a Windows SharePoint Services document library that is grouped by subfolders in FrontPage 2003
9/23/2004
How to make every other row in an XSLT Data View Web Part a different color in FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.2)
1/6/2006
How to pass parameter information from one Data View Web Part to another Data View Web Part by using Web Part Connections in FrontPage 2003 (ver 2.1)
5/11/2005