Sharepoint Errors and Solutions

1. Constraint violation Occured:
Solution: delete from AD and create again.
2. Invalid Padding Cryptographic Exception
Solution: In web.config of site, Add this under system.web
<machinekey validationKey="6DFDCDE9B71CA61A8DB213CA721B94E4636322D8B675CCD7"
decryptionKey="D0AA80E9A03C73823C7108E11046986717152C97EAEA7C02" validation="SHA1" />
3. Contsratint Violation from Directory Services
Solution: Attribute Editor in AD, attributeMapFailed.....
4. Service Unavailabe when accesing Sites
Solution: Application Pool may be disabled.
1. Configurable in Application Pool Properties ...the password might be changed.
5. net accounts [For Setting Password Policy in AD]
net accounts /minpwage:7
net accounts /minpwlen:7
net accounts /uniquepw:5
6. If role provider doesn't work..see the trust level = "Full" or not.
7. For Account Password Lockout Policy
.....Local Policy settings[Default Grayed Out]
.....From command Line
.....First Set net accounts /lockoutthreshold:30
...............net accounts /lockoutduration:30
...............net accounts /lockoutwindow:30
.....Now you can play aorund from UI itslef
8. You do not have nbecessar permisions...while deploying workflows using sharepoint designer.
Solution:
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office Server, and then click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.
Click the Operations tab.
Under Security Configuration, click Service Accounts.
Click Web application pool, and then click Windows SharePoint Services Web Application in the Web service box.
In the Application pool box, click the application pool that you want to change.
Under Select an account for this component, click Configurable, and then type the user name
and the password for the different user account.
9. Encoded Absolute URl in Custom Workflow email..getting the last part as number.
Solution: [EncodedAbsoulteURL]/../Post.aspx?ID=[ID]
For Comments: Same as above with Lookup to parent one with ID's....I mean relate with PostId
10. How-To Delete SharePoint Shared Services Provider (SSP)
Dont Delete the databases before making sure in website they are deleted, otherwise ssp cannot be deleted.
stsadm -o deletessp -title YourSSPTitleHere -force
11. To Run stsadm commands from anywher
....Start---Control Panel---System---Advanced---Environmental variables---Path---Edit.
At the end of line add ;C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN
12. Windows SharePoint Services Web Application [Never Ever Restart This Service]
When you stop the Web Application service,
it actually undeploys all the vdirs from IIS
and deletes the IIS web sites. Starting it deploys these again.
13. Crawling can be done only against Windows Authentication Websites.
If we have any forms based authentication then extend the website and give that url in the content sources crawling.
14. Internet Not Working in Server.
Server-->Set up DNs Correctly in TCP-IP Properties with Corect Primary IP.
15. Error:
One or more field types are not installed properly. Go to the list settings page to delete these fields.
Solution: Reset IIS first. if still prevails..it's problem with definitions change for the columns and column removals. Dont remove any column and it will work.
16. Restricting Access to tabs in Menu
Solution: Give Relative URL Like /sites/.... instead of absulute URL.
17. IP Address not resolving.
Solution: Central Admin..Operations...Alternative Access mapping..Give The Ip address in the Internet section
18. In the GetItems(SPQuery)..the SPQUERY should not have the query tag, otherwise it will bring all the items.