This item could not be crawled because the repository did not respond within the specified timeout period - SharePoint Search Error

Problem: Environment: WSS 3.0, Microsoft Search Server Express 2008 The Search server is crawling the contents properly and the search is working as expected. Suddenly, search crawling stopped and the error in the Search log is "This item could not be crawled because the repository did not respond within the specified timeout period. Try to crawl the repository at a later time, or increase the...

Read More

Advantage of PowerShell over STSADM

In SharePoint 2010, new concept called Power Shell is introduced. The main adavantage of using Windows Power Shell over STSADM is follows: Windows PowerShell is built on the Microsoft .NET Framework and accepts and returns .NET Framework objects. Hence, can interact with .Net objects directly. Here we use commandlets (cmdlet) instead of commands. Commandlet is a instance of .Net objects We...

Read More

Event ID 28721 in Source cannot be found

Problem:I have faced this problem when I tried to upload a document one of my document library in SharePoint. Neither the upload is successful nor no errors while uploading.Event Log:I was unable to view any errors with respect to the document upload in the event log. I could see only the following...

Read More

Parser Error Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, Position 1

I have got this error message suddenly in a (WSS 3.0) SharePoint site. The site is working as expected and it does not throw any errors before.The error screen shot is below: From the error message, I could understand that there is a problem with the browser comapatibility. Solution:I have navigated...

Read More

The POP3 service could not create the mailbox – the account already exists

In Windows Server 2003, I have configured POP 3 service, created domains and mailboxes.I have created many users and associate mail boxes in the POP3 service and deleted for some reasons.When I try to create the same user I have got the error:The POP3 service could not create the mailbox - The account...

Read More

Download Image from Right Click Disabled Website

In this article, we will know a small trick where we can download the images from the web page in which the right click is disabled in the web page.Usually, web masters will disable the right click on the web pages in order to protect the content in the web page.But sometimes, we need to download...

Read More

SharePoint 2013

Everyone knows SharePoint 2013 server and SharePoint 2013 foundation has been released with many new features by Microsoft.   Here are the few links for the SharePoint 2013 for the start up:   Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Preview SharePoint Foundation 2013 Preview SharePoint Designer 2013 Language Packs for SharePoint Server 2013 Preview  Let’s start using...

Read More

Visual Studio Workflow in SharePoint

Part II To know about the Basics and Advantages of using Visual Studio Workflow read this article. In this article, we will how to Create a Simple Sequential Workflow Console Application. Steps: 1. Open Microsoft Visual Studio -> File -> New Project -> Select Visual C# -> SharePoint...

Read More

Visual Studio Workflow in SharePoint

Part I To know about the Basics of Workflow in SharePoint, read this article. To know about the Creating a Designer Workflow, read this article. To know about the New Features added in SharePoint Designer 2010, read this article. In this we will learn about Basics of Visual Studio Workflows in SharePoint. Windows Workflow Foundation -WWF: Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is a Microsoft technology...

Read More

Prevent Outlook from Sending Emails with a Blank Subject

Objective: In the IT Industry, Outlook is most popularly used as the Email client. The subject line is a very important part of any email. Many times has it happened to you that you have sent an email through Outlook without a subject line? After clicking the Send button, you realize that you have...

Read More