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Bit late with this one but it’s worth a shout out.
Dr Tobias Weltner (Scripting Guru, PowerShell MVP and inventor of PowerShell Plus!) has released a free eBook entitled “Mastering PowerShell”)
Head over to PowerShell.com and download it now!!!
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I’ve been having an issue recently with a customers search not working for their new WSS sites. For this we have used host headers.
The event log was filling up with the following events:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3 Search
Event Category: Gatherer
Event ID: 2436
Date: 23/07/2009
Time: 12:59:32
User: N/A
Computer: #########
Description:
The start address <sts3://<hostheader>/contentdbid={<guid>}> cannot be crawled.
Context: Application 'Search index file on the search server', Catalog 'Search'
Details:
Access is denied. Check that the Default Content Access Account has access to this content, or add a crawl rule to crawl this content. (0x80041205)
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
This is due to the same problem that I was having a couple of months ago when I could not access local SharePoint sites that use host headers on the server (Unable to log on to SharePoint web applications from the local web server - Simon Phillips).
Where we assumed that time the problem was due to IE8, the same code is now in updates to Win 2003 / Win 2008. The workaround is the same where you basically create a white-list of host names that the computer will except as resolving to itself.
- Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\MSV1_0
- Right-click MSV1_0, point to New, and then click Multi-String Value.
- Type BackConnectionHostNames, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click BackConnectionHostNames, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type the host name or the host names for the sites that are on the local computer, and then click OK.
- Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.
Reference(s):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971382
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Yesterday Windows 7 was released to manufacturing (RTM), but when can you expect to get your hands on it?
According to the Windows Team Blog will be available to the general public in 3 months time (22nd October) but there there are other ways of getting it sooner.
(edited from Windows Team Blog: When will you get Windows 7 RTM?)
For Partners & OEMs:
ISV (Independent software vendor) and IHV (Independent hardware vendor) Partners will be able to download Windows 7 RTM from Microsoft Connect or MSDN on August 6th.
Microsoft Partner Program Gold/Certified Members will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English through the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) Portal on August 16th. By October 1st, the remaining languages will become available to download.
Microsoft Action Pack Subscribers will be about to download Windows 7 RTM in English starting August 23rd. By October 1st, the remaining languages will become available to download.
OEMs will receive Windows 7 RTM software images around 24th July.
For Business Customers:
If you are a Volume License (VL) customer with an existing Software Assurance (SA) license you will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English starting August 7th via the Volume License Service Centre (VLSC). The rest of the languages for Windows 7 RTM should be available within a couple of weeks after that.
Volume License customers without a SA license will be able to purchase Windows 7 through Volume Licensing on September 1st.
For IT Professionals:
IT Professionals with TechNet Subscriptions will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English on August 6th and remaining languages by October 1st.
For Developers:
Developers with MSDN Subscriptions will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English on August 6th and remaining languages by October 1st.