Windows could not start the SharePoint 2010 Administration Service
I have restored our SharePoint 2010 farm in a lab ahead of a disaster recovery test and everything seemed to go well apart from being unable to start the SharePoint 2010 Administration service – it threw this error message: Windows…
SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) – The installation of this package failed
I’ve just downloaded Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SharePoint 2010 and it failed to install. I ran oserversp2010-kb2687453-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe and it extracted the files OK but then returned this message: The installation of this package failed. Upon reading the %temp%\wss-x-none_MSPLOG.LOG file…
Backup-SPFarm error – The backup job failed
In response to a user query on www.windows2008forums.co.uk I have managed to replicate the error generated while using the Backup-SPFarm command to backup an entire farm. Backup-SPFarm -BackupMethod Full -Directory D:\Backups\ The After trawling through the spbackup.log file I found…
Using ULS Viewer
ULSViewer is an application that allows users to open a ULS (Unified Logging Service) log file and display its contents in a user friendly format. This can be particularly useful when troubleshooting problems with your SharePoint 2010 server. The download…
Content databases contain orphaned items
Today when I logged into my SharePoint Central Administration it was warning me that the Health Analyzer had detected some critical issues that require attention. When I looked at the issues this message was among them: After reading the article…
Code blocks are not allowed by default
While trying to add some code directly into a page using SharePoint Designer I realised that SharePoint disables the ability to create server-side script by default, and the code gets stripped out when I save the file. The error reads:…
Configure proxy server for SharePoint
When adding some RSS feed web parts I realised that I need to configure a proxy server for SharePoint to access the Internet as they don’t have direct Internet access. This is the error I was receiving: Configuring the proxy…
Drives are running out of free space
The SharePoint Health Analyzer has been warning me for some time that my drives are running out of free space so now I need to do something about it. Here is a screenshot of the error: This one is easy…