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  1. skimmingtonr

    Can not configure Sharepoint Central Administration

    Hi have you removed Internet Explorer Enhanced Security configuration from Windows components? If you plan to do any work on the SharePoint server then I'd suggest you remove it anyway otherwise you will spend many happy hours typing in your user credentials or adding every site to trusted...
  2. skimmingtonr

    Site Image Location

    Hi Thomas is spot on here, make a note of that location it is very useful to remember. Otherwise if you right click the image and look at its properties it will show something like http://localhost/_layouts/images/home.gif If you look at your IIS settings under your default web site the layouts...
  3. skimmingtonr

    Announcement and Date

    Hi guys well the date part is easy but annoying, every site you create defaults to a US locale..(even if your portal is set to UK) Go to site settings site administration management and statistics and then change the regional settings. The view I think you can control from the modify web part...
  4. skimmingtonr

    Problem with Frontpage 2003 and SPS03

    well I've had this problem before here is a technet article that might help... Considerations that apply when you use FrontPage 2003 to edit SharePoint Portal Server 2003 sites Knowledge Base Article - 831612 as a rule of thumb don't try to use FrontPage on the Portal server apply a css...
  5. skimmingtonr

    Problem connecting to database

    Ok here's what worked for me Install your 2003 server as a member server in a domain logon to server as administrator in the domain Create a Sharepoint service account in your domain If you don't have SQL 2000 install it now and SP3 it use windows authentication as the security method Under...
  6. skimmingtonr

    Link a network disk to portal of SP

    Hi Mizzi well the only quick way I have found to do this is to use a page viewer web part and specify a folder i.e z:\docs the view isn't brilliant but its a quick and dirty work around...
  7. skimmingtonr

    WSS versus SPS

    Hi Joe well its not really a case of install volumes, its more a case of what are you trying to achieve. For group collaboration i.e a team working on a project WSS is fine. If you have more than one group working on different projects or wanting to share data then again WSS. But if both groups...
  8. skimmingtonr

    Can you migrate a SPS2003 site from MSDE to SQL?

    Hi Mike, welcome to the world of pain, here is the kb article number you want Knowledge Base Article - 837848. Now I had to just move my Sharepoint databases from one server to another, needless to say it went wrong. Essentially what you need to do is backup using the Sharepoint tool, remove...
  9. skimmingtonr

    Problem connecting to database

    Is the server a member server ? This may sound odd but it states on one of the screens that the sharepoint accountyou use during the install needs to be a member of the local power users group. I had issues even when I was using the local admins group. Also make sure that account has database...
  10. skimmingtonr

    Cannot uninstall or manually uninstall SPS2K3

    Hi not sure how far you got with the manual install but if all that is left is the default app pool and it won't delete be brutal and tear off IIS! Clear out all the install directories and the MSDE if it is left. Then put IIS back on then SQL + SP3 then install SPS03 TechMc is spot on, always...
  11. skimmingtonr

    sharepoint 2003 - implementing any tips

    Hi from my experience here are some design considerations Don't use MSDE! just ask me for a list of reasons why :( Do use SQL! but don't install it to the operating system drive have a dedicated data drive and put your SQL databases there Capacity plan the SQL at the start, moving the databases...
  12. skimmingtonr

    applying theme

    Hi Zainzar apologies I have only given you half the story, firstly check that you can see the virtual directory in your IIS manager on the default site if you can only see as far as 1033 then you need to add a new virtual directory called themes and then browse to it to get the correct directory...
  13. skimmingtonr

    applying theme

    Hi do you mean the home page of the portal site? If so then there's good and bad news. The bad is that unlike WSS you can't just apply a Frontpage theme from a pick list. But if you go to Site settings then under General settings click on change portal site propertis and sharepoint creation...
  14. skimmingtonr

    Moving SQL content databases

    Hi I have a SharePoint 2003 server which is pointing to a clustered but eval copy of SQL server. I want to move the databases to a non clustered but full license copy of SQL running on a new server. Is it just a case of backing up the SQL databases, restoring them to the new server and then...
  15. skimmingtonr

    Sharepoint PORTAL PROBLEMS

    I also had this problem there are 2 solutions W2k3 installs Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration by default. This stops you getting to the site. You can add your sharepoint server to trusted sites in IE or just remove the Security configuration component in Control panel Windows...

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