PowerShell script to identify documents with long path names
I wrote this PowerShell script to identify all documents in a site that exceed 256 characters in length. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ff919564(v=office.14).aspx for more information. Feel free to copy the code and use the script as you see fit (at your own…
Using Get-SPWebTemplate to list available site templates
The New-SPSite PowerShell cmdlet allows you to specify the name of a template to use. If you don’t know the names of all the templates then use the Get-SPWebTemplate command to produce a list: Get-SPWebTemplate | Sort-Object “Name The list…
Installing SharePoint 2013 with a configuration file
SharePoint 2013 supports the use of a configuration file to perform a scripted or silent installation. There are some sample configuration files included in the setup: Setup – setup a single server (files\setup\config.xml) SetupFarmSilent – setup a farm in silent…
Event ID 14 – The start address cannot be crawled
I have just spent hours trying to get to the bottom of an issue with search in SharePoint 2010. No results were being returned and the following error was reoccurring in the Application Event Log: The start address http://wprintranet cannot…
The SharePoint 2010 Timer service terminated with service-specific error %%-2147467259
Today I have been dealing with lots of errors being logged in the System event log in a SharePoint 2010 development environment. The error is Event ID 7024: The SharePoint 2010 Timer service terminated with service-specific error %%-2147467259 I tried…
A certificate validation operation took xxxx milliseconds and has exceeded the execution time threshold
I have just noticed the following message logged several times in the Application Event Log on a SharePoint 2013 Application server: A certificate validation operation took 23369.387 milliseconds and has exceeded the execution time threshold. If this continues to occur,…