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The first cumulative update for SharePoint 2010 family has been released
Stefan Gossner
Yesterday the first cumulative update for the SharePoint 2010 product family has been released as a delayed June 2010 CU. Unlike the WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 cumulative updates this first cumulative update is not available as server package but has been...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/07/22/the-first-cumulative-update-for-sharepoint-2010-family-has-been-released.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3345888" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Thu, Jul 22nd '10 |
Write content deployment aware Event Handlers and Feature Activation code in SP2010
Stefan Gossner
pIn MOSS 2007 we often had support calls where content deployment failed due to event handlers firing and updating content during import. /p
pEvent handlers or feature activation code who modify site content on the target system can cause all kind of issues: /p
ol
liCan cause deadlocks with conflicting with the import operation /li
liMight create new items which will are also included in the package being imported causing import to fail later with GUID conflicts. /li
/ol
pTo overcome this proble [read].
Posted: Tue, May 25th '10 |
Deep Dive into the SharePoint Content Deployment and Migration API - Part 7
Stefan Gossner
Functionality Changes in SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2010 includes a couple of modifications related to content deployment and the content deployment and migration API. Export from Database Snapshots In case you already had a chance to use the new version...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/05/24/deep-dive-into-the-sharepoint-content-deployment-and-migration-api-part-7.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3333122" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Mon, May 24th '10 |
Same Blog, new Platform
Stefan Gossner
pJust a couple of minutes ago all MSDN and Technet Blogs were migrated to a new blogging platform./p
pNew Platform: new URL. From now on you can reach my blog using a href="/b/stefan_gossner"http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/abr /No worries: the old URLs bookmarked will still work as redirects have been added to ensure that you can still reach the bookmarked content./p
pNew Platform: new Design. Per default the same design has been assigned to all Technet blogs. As I liked the general Id [read].
Posted: Mon, May 24th '10 |
Common problem with SharePoint 2010: System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException - Keyset does not exist
Stefan Gossner
SharePoint 2010 has a new feature which recycles the OWSTIMER.EXE process every night – similar to the application pool functionality in IIS – to avoid memory problems inside the timer service. The recycling is controlled by a new timer job which has...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/05/10/common-problem-with-sharepoint-2010-system-security-cryptography-cryptographicexception-keyset-does-not-exist.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?Po [read].
Posted: Mon, May 10th '10 |
Using CSharp (C#) code in Powershell scripts
Stefan Gossner
With Powershell we now got a new very powerful scripting language and many products like SharePoint provide their own extensions in form of CmdLets for administration purposes. Customer like scripting languages as it allows them to write custom code without...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/05/07/using-csharp-c-code-in-powershell-scripts.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3331069" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, May 7th '10 |
How to add the SharePoint 2010 dlls to the references in Visual Studio
Stefan Gossner
With SharePoint 2007 the DLLs in the 12-hive\ISAPI directory (e.g. Microsoft.SharePoint.dll) showed up on the .NET tab in Visual Studio which allowed easy adding of these references to your projects. If you install SharePoint 2010 you will notice that...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/05/07/how-to-add-the-sharepoint-2010-dlls-to-the-references-in-visual-studio.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3331049" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Fri, May 7th '10 |
The April 2010 cumulative update for WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month. Yesterday we released the so called April 2010 Cumulative Update. It is highly...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/04/28/the-april-2010-cumulative-update-for-wss-v3-and-moss-2007-has-been-released-yesterday.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3328796" width="1" hei [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 28th '10 |
WSS 4.0 also known as Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 is available for download
Stefan Gossner
Since today you are able to download WSS 4.0 / Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 from Microsoft Download Center. Overview SharePoint Foundation 2010 is the new version of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. It is the essential solution for organizations...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/04/23/wss-4-0-also-known-as-microsoft-sharepoint-foundation-2010-is-available-for-download.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3327727" width= [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 22nd '10 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 9 – Job and Timerjob
Stefan Gossner
The following topics are covered in this article:
- relationship between content deployment job and the timer job
- how to execute content deployment jobs outside of OWSTIMER
- how to perform an incremental deployment deploying content that has changed after a given date in the past
- how to recover stuck content deployment timer jobs...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/04/08/content-deployment-the-complete-guide-part-9-timerjobs.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 8th '10 |
Updated retirement date for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 SP1
Stefan Gossner
Microsoft has communicated an update on the retirement date for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007. The official retirement date is July 13th. That means roughly 3 additional months compared to the normal retirement timeframe of "Next Service Pack release date plus...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/03/23/updated-retirement-date-for-wss-3-0-and-moss-2007-sp1.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3320664" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 23rd '10 |
Launch date for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 has been announced
Stefan Gossner
Arpan Shah officially anounced the launch date for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on the SharePoint Team blog : Announced Launch date is May 12th, 2010 , RTM date (Release to Manufacturing) will be in April...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/03/06/launch-date-for-office-2010-and-sharepoint-2010-has-been-announced.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3317277" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Sat, Mar 6th '10 |
The February 2010 cumulative update for WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month. Yesterday we released the so called February 2010 Cumulative Update. It is highly...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/02/24/the-february-2010-cumulative-update-for-wss-v3-and-moss-2007-has-been-released-yesterday.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3314969" width=" [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 24th '10 |
Is your SharePoint 2007 farm already on Service Pack 2? If not, read this!
Stefan Gossner
Here is some information from the Microsoft lifecycle page for WSS 3.0: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 11/12/2007 Support ends 12 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/01/07/is-your-sharepoint-2007-farm-already-on-service-pack-2-if-not-read-this.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3304252" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 7th '10 |
SPRequest allocation callstack logging in SharePoint 2010 and WSS 4.0
Stefan Gossner
As discussed in an earlier article SPRequest allocation callstack logging in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 could be enabled by adding a registry key. The caveat with the registry key was that it required a restart of the process to take effect. In WSS 4.0 / SP2010...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2010/01/04/sprequest-allocation-callstack-logging-in-sharepoint-2010-and-wss-4-0.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3303569" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 4th '10 |
December cumulative update for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month. Yesterday we released the so called December Cumulative Update. It is highly recommended...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2009/12/16/december-cumulative-update-for-wss-3-0-and-moss-2007-has-been-released-yesterday.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3300888" width="1 [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 16th '09 |
Caveats when monitoring a system for SPSite/SPWeb leaks
Stefan Gossner
In an earlier article I discussed the possibilities to monitor a system for SPSite/SPWeb leaks using the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\HeapSettings SPRequestStackTrace = 1 Although this...(a href="http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2009/12/15/caveats-when-monitoring-a-system-for-spsite-spweb-leaks.aspx"read more/a)img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3300636" width="1" height="1" [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 15th '09 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 8 – Job and Change Token
Stefan Gossner
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Posted: Mon, Dec 7th '09 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 7 – Change Token Basics
Stefan Gossner
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Posted: Fri, Dec 4th '09 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 6 – Logging
Stefan Gossner
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Posted: Fri, Nov 6th '09 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 5 – Quick Deployment
Stefan Gossner
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Posted: Wed, Nov 4th '09 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 4 – Communication
Stefan Gossner
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Posted: Tue, Nov 3rd '09 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 3 – Configuration
Stefan Gossner
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Posted: Mon, Nov 2nd '09 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 2 – The Basics continued
Stefan Gossner
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Posted: Mon, Nov 2nd '09 |
Content Deployment – The complete Guide – Part 1 – The Basics
Stefan Gossner
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Posted: Fri, Oct 30th '09 |
x64 version of Debug Diag 1.1 troubleshooting tool has been released to web yesterday
Stefan Gossner
PAfter a long beta period the 64-bit version of Debug Diag 1.1 was made available for public download from Microsoft download center./P
PThe Debug Diagnostic Tool (DebugDiag) is designed to assist in troubleshooting issues such as hangs, slow performance, memory leaks or fragmentation, and crashes in any user-mode process. The tool includes additional debugging scripts focused on Internet Information Services (IIS) applications, web data access components, COM+ and related Microsoft technologies [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 29th '09 |
October 2009 CU for WSS and MOSS has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
PThe October cumulative update for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday here are the KB article links for these fixes:/P
UL
LIA href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;974989" mce_href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;974989"KB 974989/A - WSS 3.0 October 2009 CU/LI
LIA href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;974988" mce_href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;974988"KB 974988/A - MOSS 2007 Octo [read].
Posted: Thu, Oct 29th '09 |
Modifying SharePoint RSS Feeds using a custom control adapter - Implementing Delta Encoding
Stefan Gossner
We frequently get questions from customers if it is possible to modify the data sent in the RSS feed to the client. SharePoint itself allows to specify the columns which can be included in the Description field, the number of items to return as a maximum and the maximum days to include in the RSS feed.
A feature which is not supported by SharePoint is Delta Encoding for the feeds.
In short words: Delta Encoding would allow to reduce the amount of data sent in an RSS feed to the client to the ex [read].
Posted: Tue, Sep 29th '09 |
Important: Be careful when installing WSS August Cumulative Update
Stefan Gossner
Last week we discovered a problem with the WSS August CU.
Due to schema and stored procedure changes coming with the August CU databases with a patch level older than the August CU cannot be upgraded to August CU through database attach method.
That means that you need to be careful when upgrading your WSS or MOSS farm to August CU as the usual recommended steps to detach the content database before installing the hotfix will cause problems later when you are going to reattach the databases. In [read].
Posted: Mon, Sep 14th '09 |
How to deal with invalid characters in SOAP responses from ASP.NET web services
Stefan Gossner
ASP.NET webservices use XML 1.0 which restricts the character set allowed to the following chars:
[2] Char ::= #x9 | #xA | #xD | [#x20-#xD7FF] | [#xE000-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#x10FFFF] /* any Unicode character, excluding the surrogate blocks, FFFE, and FFFF. */ (Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#charsets)
As you can see several characters below 0x20 are not allowed with XML 1.0. This also includes characters like the vertical tab (0x0B) which is used pretty frequently.
For backward com [read].
Posted: Wed, Aug 26th '09 |
Interesting content deployment problem when doing partial deployment - hyperlinks in the User Information List
Stefan Gossner
A colleague (Patrick Heyde) recently contacted me on an interesting content deployment issue he had.
His customer configured a content deployment job that only should deploy only the public part of his site collection. E.g. consider this setup:
root +-- private +-- subsites +-- public +-- subsites
The job was configured to export the root site (you cannot prevent this) and the public subsite including all subsites.
During import the deployment job failed due to the fact that [read].
Posted: Wed, Aug 19th '09 |
Updated Version of SharePoint SP2 is now available which contains a fix for the Trial issue
Stefan Gossner
As discussed earlier the original SP2 release reverted the MOSS license to trial during installation. Microsoft now released an updated version of SP2 which does not have this problem.
More details can be found on the SharePoint Team blog.
For those of you who already installed SP2 and would like to get the separate fix for this issue can download it from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620 [read].
Posted: Sat, Aug 1st '09 |
Sneak Peek of SharePoint 2010 is now available
Stefan Gossner
Microsoft has just made a Sneak Peek of SharePoint 2010 available on http://sharepoint.microsoft.com:
2010 Sneak Peek Home: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010/Sneak_Peek/Pages/default.aspx
2010 Sneak Peek Overview Video: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010/Sneak_Peek/Pages/Overview-Video.aspx
2010 Sneak Peek IT Pro Video: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010/Sneak_Peek/Pages/IT-Pro-video.aspx
2010 Sneak Peek Developer Video: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010/Sneak_Peek/Pages/Develope [read].
Posted: Mon, Jul 13th '09 |
The June cumulative update for WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month.
Yesterday we released the so called April Cumulative Update. The so called "Uber" packages for MOSS will be released in a couple of days. Currently you can download the individual global and localized fixes for your specific language packs.
This is the second Post-SP2 hotfix! That means it is highly recommended to install Ser [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st '09 |
Hotfix for SP2 issue that reverts SharePoint products to Trial Version has been released
Stefan Gossner
Microsoft has released a fix for the SP2 problem that reverts the license into a Trial version after installing Service Pack 2.
More details can be found in the following KB article:
971620 - When you install the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2, the product expiration date is activated incorrectly
As the link to the fix binaries in the KB are currently broken here are the correct download locations:
32-bit version: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/F/5/2F51AB71-1325-49D2-9CB [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 25th '09 |
Silverlight web application explaining all STSADM commands is now live
Stefan Gossner
Technet now hosts a technical reference for the available STSADM commands based on Silverlight. Beside a view that shows all the commands you can choose a view that only displays commands new in SP1 or SP2 or commands that offer operations which are not available in the UI.
You can also change the view between operations view properties view.
Check it out at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/cc948709.aspx [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 4th '09 |
Limitations of STSADM -o export/import related to publishing sites
Stefan Gossner
STSADM -o export/import is often used to split site collections into multiple pieces when they reached a certain limit. Or to do the vice versa and consolidate multiple site collections into one larger one. Both of these actions work fine as long as the migrated content does not use the publishing feature.
For site collections that make use of the publishing feature it is not supported to migrate root sites into sub sites or sub sites into root sites.
The reason for this limitation is that the p [read].
Posted: Wed, May 27th '09 |
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS 2003) and IE 8
Stefan Gossner
We recently received a couple of questions regarding support for SPS 2003 and IE 8.
The supported browsers for SPS 2003 are listed on the following page:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/techcenter/HA011605151033.aspx?pid=CH011719821033
As mainstream support for SPS 2003 has already ended it is unlikely that support for additional browsers will be added to the product.
If support for IE 8 is required customers are asked to upgrade to MOSS 2007 with SP2 or higher. [read].
Posted: Tue, May 26th '09 |
SharePoint application pool hang on servers where Visual Studio has been installed in the past
Stefan Gossner
We recently had a couple of SharePoint support cases where customers reported hangs. When we analyzed user dumps of the affected processes we noticed that the application pool was in the process of recycling due to an exception that has caused the application pool to fail.
Unfortunatelly the recycling never finished - instead a message box was generated by .NET framework asking if the user would like to continue (which would allow recycle to perform) or to attach a debugger.
The problem here is [read].
Posted: Tue, May 26th '09 |
Attention: Important Information on Service Pack 2
Stefan Gossner
We have recently discovered a bug with Service Pack 2 (SP2) that affects all customers that have deployed it for SharePoint Server 2007.
During the installation of SP2, a product expiration date is improperly activated. This means SharePoint will expire as though it was a trial installation 180 days after SP2 is deployed. The activation of the expiration date will not affect the normal function of SharePoint up until the expiration date passes. Furthermore, product expiration 180 days after SP2 [read].
Posted: Fri, May 22nd '09 |
Uber packages for April CU for MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
Finally also the Uber package for MOSS has been released which simplifies the patching process for MOSS 2007 to April CU.
More details on the SharePoint Team blog:http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/13/april-cumulative-update-packages-ready-for-download.aspx [read].
Posted: Wed, May 13th '09 |
FAQ concerning WSS 3.0 and MOSS SP2 and the April 2009 Cumulative Updates
Stefan Gossner
Many of our customers have questions on the relationship between the set of hotfixes released in the Cumulative Updates (CU) for April 2009 and Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Microsoft Office servers. This post from the Office Sustained Engineering Team will aim at answering those questions. [read].
Posted: Thu, May 7th '09 |
Where to look for information about Updates for SharePoint?
Stefan Gossner
We often receive questions about how to install Service Packs or patches, about which patches are available, what they include and so on.
Microsoft has a central page available that covers all kind of Updates topics:
Updates Resource Center for SharePoint Products and Technologies [read].
Posted: Wed, May 6th '09 |
MOSS 2007 SP2 - a must have for everyone who uses Variations on his site
Stefan Gossner
The Variations feature uses one specific list to link items in the different labels together: the Relationships List.
The caveat is that as soon as an inconsistency exists in this list Variations will no longer work correctly. The problems that can occur can vary. Sometimes it is no longer possible to create a new variation for a page in a label. Sometimes the autospawn feature will fail to create variations of new sites.
As soon as you have a certain amount of sites and pages in your variation [read].
Posted: Sun, May 3rd '09 |
Technet article on how to troubleshoot Content Deployment has been released
Stefan Gossner
Many of you might know the Content Deployment - Best Practices article I have written a while ago. Together with the product group I have been working on releasing the troubleshooting tips I have given in this blog article on Technet. I'm proud to anounce that this has now been completed.
You can now find official guidance on this in the following new and updated articles:
Troubleshoot Content Deployment (new)
Administer Content Deployment (updated)
Plan Content Deployment (updated) [read].
Posted: Sun, May 3rd '09 |
MOSS 2007 Blob caching and it's limitations
Stefan Gossner
A really nice new feature coming with MOSS 2007 is blob caching. A similar feature existed in MCMS 2002 was a predecessor of the WCM layer in MOSS 2007.
Blob caching allows caching of binary objects like images, style sheets and documents on the MOSS front end server machine which heavily reduces the traffic to the SQL backend server as each file has to be downloaded only once to the blob cache per frontend server.
The benefit is that although the items are now retrieved from the MOSS 2007 front [read].
Posted: Sat, May 2nd '09 |
Red is Green, Up is Down and the Unsupported suddenly becomes Supported!
Stefan Gossner
As I discussed in an earlier article backup/restore between farms for publishing sites was unsupported due to the fact that MOSS often stores absolute URLs to the Page Layout in the properties of a Publishing Page. Workarounds had to be used to adjust the incorrect URL after a restore to ensure that no exceptions occurred.
The good news is: due to the large number of customers requesting this feature Microsoft has decided to modify SharePoint in a way that it is now able to properly handle this [read].
Posted: Fri, May 1st '09 |
The April cumulative update for WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month.
Yesterday we released the so called April Cumulative Update. The so called "Uber" packages for MOSS will be released in a couple of days. Currently you can download the individual global and localized fixes for your specific language packs.
Be aware that this is the first Post-SP2 hotfix! That means it is highly recommended t [read].
Posted: Fri, May 1st '09 |
MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 Service Pack 2 has been released
Stefan Gossner
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 including the service packs for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 has just been released. Be sure to read the KB articles below as they contain important information about SP2 including known issues with these service packs.
KB Article Links
Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953338 Description of 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 (SP2) and of 2007 Microsoft Off [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 28th '09 |
Office release date for WSS 3.0/MOSS Service Pack 2 has been announced
Stefan Gossner
The Office Sustained Engineering Team officially announced the release date for SP2 of the Office 2007 Suite. SP2 will be released on April 28th, 2009.
Further details about new features provided in SP2 have been announced as follows:
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server SP2 include fixes and enhancements designed to improve performance, availability, and stability in your server farms. SP2 provides the groundwork for future major releases of SharePoint Prod [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 16th '09 |
How to create a browser cache save URL to a javascript or css file in SharePoint
Stefan Gossner
Often it is necessary to ensure that updates to files on the server get populated to the client asap. Especially when it comes to dependencies to custom javascript of CSS files and server controls.
SharePoint itself does this by adding a query string to some of its vital Javascript files. E.g.:
/_layouts/1033/core.js?rev=PQia%2B0EyudqxiQyTfOSR%2Fw%3D%3D
Whenever the core.js file changes on the server a new query string value is generated. That allows browsers to cache the file as long as the fi [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 8th '09 |
Subfolders in a Pages library not supported
Stefan Gossner
Today I learned that not everyone seems to be aware about the fact that subfolders in a Pages library of a site based on the Publishing feature are not supported with MOSS 2007. The correct solution to implement a hierarchy in a publishing site is to use sub sites and not folders in the Pages library.
Details about this limitation can be found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948614
SharePoint Server 2007 does not support subfolders in the Pages library. Although the Pages library can be c [read].
Posted: Wed, Apr 8th '09 |
SharePoint Designer is now available as a free download
Stefan Gossner
SharePoint Designer is now available as a free download.
More details are available on the SharePoint Team blog. [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 2nd '09 |
Databases can become corrupted when using STSADM -o MergeContentDB
Stefan Gossner
An important KB article has been released today discussing a problem in WSS which can lead to database inconsistencies when using STSADM -o MergeContentDB.
It is highly recommended to backup as well the source and the destination databases before performing this operation to be able to rollback to a consistent state in case that a problem has occurred.
The KB article also describes a workaround to prevent the problem.
Read KB 969242 for more details. [read].
Posted: Thu, Mar 26th '09 |
The February cumulative update for WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month.
Yesterday we released the so called February Cumulative Update. Currently the separate packages for the core products and for the language packs are available.
Details and download locations can be found in the blog my colleague Joerg Sinemus published:
http://blogs.msdn.com/joerg_sinemus/archive/2009/02/25/february-cumulativ [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 25th '09 |
Interesting SPWeb leak pattern with Areas in SPS 2003
Stefan Gossner
Recently I came across another very interesting coding pattern which is very similar to the interesting SPSite leak I showed a couple of days ago.
public void workOnArea(Area area){ if (area.Web != null) { string url = area.Web.Url; area.Web.Dispose(); }}
On a first look the code look ok, right? Ok, no try/catch blog and so on but for normal operations it looks as if the SPWeb object objects used from the Area object are correctly disposed, right?
The problem [read].
Posted: Thu, Feb 5th '09 |
My "Content Deployment - Best Practices" article has been updated
Stefan Gossner
Today I have updated my Content Deployment - Best Practices article with additional common problems. [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 3rd '09 |
SPDisposeCheck v1.3.1 is released - and Whitepaper on Best Practices when using disposable objects in SharePoint has been updated
Stefan Gossner
[via Paul Andrew's blog]
SPDisposeCheck is a tool to help SharePoint Developers follow memory management best practices when using the SharePoint API with IDisposable objects including SPSite and SPWeb. This tool is not supported by Microsoft and is recommended to be used on Developer workstations and not on production SharePoint Server installations.
It was released yesterday at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCheck
The tool reviews a .NET Assembly (DLL or EXE) and evaluates SharePoint [read].
Posted: Sat, Jan 31st '09 |
Querystring parameters you should not use in your SharePoint application
Stefan Gossner
Today I have been working on a support case where customer experienced exceptions in sharepoint when passing in specific query string parameters which are evaluated by his web parts. The URL looked similar to this:
http://servername/Pages/MyPage.aspx?ID=
The problem here is caused by the fact that the customer used a reserved query string parameter. When creating the SPContext object SharePoint evaluates the following query string parameters if provided:
FeatureId
ListTemplate
List
ID
Version [read].
Posted: Fri, Jan 30th '09 |
Interesting SPSite leak pattern
Stefan Gossner
Today I came across a very interesting coding pattern:
public void enumSiteCollection(SPSiteCollection spSites, int min, int max)
{
for (int i = min; i [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 29th '09 |
Article on Content Deployment "Best Practices"
Stefan Gossner
In the past I have released several blogs about the various problems that can occur with Content Deployment. As it is often hard to find the right resource I have now decided to compile the different known issues into one large article:
Content Deployment - Best Practices [read].
Posted: Mon, Jan 19th '09 |
Guarantee dispose using try / finally blocks
Stefan Gossner
Lots of articles have been written in the past which outline the importance of proper dispose for SharePoint SPSite and SPWeb objects in custom code.
One important topic which hasn't been discussed very often till now is how to avoid missing a dispose in case that an error occurs during execution of custom code.
Roger Lamb has released an article today which discusses best practices about how to handle these situations in a reliable manner:
http://blogs.msdn.com/rogerla/archive/2009/01/14/try-fi [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 14th '09 |
Common Problem with Content Deployment: mixing incremental and full deployment
Stefan Gossner
A common error I often see is that customers are mixing incremental and full deployment when deploying a site collection. E.g. use incremental deployment every day and full deployment once a week - just to be sure (maybe because they do not trust incremental?)
The problem is that incremental and full deployment do not deploy the same type of content. So the data on source and destination might no longer be the same.
Why can this happen? The reason is that only incremental deployment exports dele [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 8th '09 |
Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) and absolute Links
Stefan Gossner
The Content Editor Web Part as we ship it in WSS and MOSS always stores URLs as absolute Links. That will cause problems as soon as you are extending a web application to multiple IIS websites or when using Alternate Access Mapping (AAM) to support multiple zones.
In these situations the CEWP will return the wrong URLs.
Maxime has now published an article how this can be corrected through a Control Adapter which allows to control the rendering of the Content Editor Web Part to ensure that it alw [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 23rd '08 |
First set of KB articles for a new Tool which will is planned to ship with WSS 3.0 SP2
Stefan Gossner
I just noticed that we have published a couple of KB article about a new tool named Pre-Upgrade Checker which will ship with WSS 3.0 Service Pack 2. Based on the information in the KB articles this tool will allow you to verify if your current WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 site structure will be compatible with the next version off WSS and MOSS.
KB 956201 - The LargeLists rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker for WSS 3.0 SP 2 can warn about large lists circuit breaker
KB 956447 - The ModifiedWorkflowActionsFile [read].
Posted: Thu, Dec 18th '08 |
The December cumulative update for WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month.
Yesterday we released the so called December Cumulative Update.
There is a chance to the way we will release cumulative updates from now on. In the past we shipped localized and global cummulative updates in separate packages. Not with each hotfix build there was a localized patch. So it was a little bit complicate to get yo [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 17th '08 |
Article describing the integration of MOSS 2007 with SQL 2008
Stefan Gossner
Microsoft has released documentation describing how to integrate MOSS 2007 with SQL 2008 to enable the usage of SQL 2008 features like
Database backup compression
Log stream compression
TDE (transparent data encryption)
Integration of SQL Server 2008 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 16th '08 |
Important: Security bulletin MS08-077 for MOSS 2007 and Search Server 2008 has been released
Stefan Gossner
Microsoft has released a security bulletin regarding a security fix for MOSS 2007 and Search Server 2008.
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker bypasses authentication by browsing to an administrative URL on a SharePoint site. A successful attack leading to elevation of privilege could result in denial of service or information disclosure.
This security update is rated Important for all supported edi [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 16th '08 |
New whitepaper describing automated setup of MOSS 2007 has been released
Stefan Gossner
This white paper provides information and guidelines for building scripts that can automate the installation of Office SharePoint Server 2007, the configuration of servers, and the creation and joining of farms. Code samples that you can copy and customize to match your farm and configuration are included.
Here you can find more details. [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 16th '08 |
Disposing SPWeb and SPSite objects
Stefan Gossner
There are several articles around discussing the dispose of SPWeb and SPSite objects, e.g.:
SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 Dispose Patterns by Example from Roger Lamb
Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects from Scott Harris and Mike Ammerlaan
Best Practices: Common Coding Issues When Using the SharePoint Object Model from Scott Harris and Mike Ammerlaan
And also in a couple of articles I wrote myself:
Dealing with Memory Pressure problems in MOSS/WSS
Troubleshooting [read].
Posted: Sat, Dec 6th '08 |
Support for MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 systems without Service Pack 1 will end soon
Stefan Gossner
When working on customer problems I often see that WSS and MOSS Service Pack 1 has not been applied.
All customer which have not yet installed SP1 should be aware that support for systems without SP1 will end on January 13th, 2009. So in around 6 weeks. See here for details: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps#Office
After January 13th, 2009 support can only be provided for systems which have SP1 installed!
In case you have not yet evaluated and deployed SP1 you should plan to do this as [read].
Posted: Thu, Dec 4th '08 |
WSS/MOSS - Common Issue - SQL Deadlocks during STSADM import operations
Stefan Gossner
In the last couple of weeks I have seen several cases where STSADM import operations failed with random exceptions. With other words: performing the same import into an empty site collection multiple times the import operation failed at different points during the import. Checking the ULS logs showed errors like the following:
10/20/2008 12:47:26.59 STSADM.EXE (0x78BC) 0x4FF4 Windows SharePoint Services Database 6f8g Unexpected [read].
Posted: Wed, Nov 26th '08 |
SPDisposeCheck tool has been official announced
Stefan Gossner
I have discussed problems with missing dispose for SPWeb and SPSite objects earlier on my blog (e.g. here and here) and Roger has provided a guidance for specific coding patterns which can cause problems such problems.
In the last couple of month I have been involved in a project driven by Roger Lamb to create and test a tool which allows to identify such incorrect coding in a compiled dll. The outcome of this project is the SPDisposeCheck tool which has now been officially anounced and which sh [read].
Posted: Thu, Nov 13th '08 |
Learning Track: SharePoint for Developers – Part 1
Stefan Gossner
www.MyRampUp.com now hosts a brand-new learning track: SharePoint for Developers, Part I
Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based program that can help users save time in learning Microsoft technology. The easy-to-access content (provided by subject-matter gurus) is specifically tailored to the Ramp Up program, and offered in a variety of forms (whitepaper, v-lab, codecast and slidecast).
Excerpt
As a developer, would you like to learn more about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS)? MOS [read].
Posted: Thu, Nov 6th '08 |
The October cumulative update for WSS V3 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
As discussed by the Office Sustained Engineering group cumulative updates for all Office Products including WSS 3.0 and SharePoint 2007 will be released every second month.
Yesterday we released the so called October Cumulative Update. My colleague Joerg Sinemus has created a nice article explaining each step required to download and install this update including all prerequesits:
http://blogs.msdn.com/joerg_sinemus/archive/2008/10/29/the-october-cumulative-update-for-wss-v3-and-moss-2007.aspx [read].
Posted: Wed, Oct 29th '08 |
Whitepaper - Understanding and Troubleshooting the SharePoint Explorer View
Stefan Gossner
As we often get support cases on this topic, here is a whitepaper link which gives background info and self guidance for troubleshooting:
Brief DescriptionThis whitepaper provides general as well as troubleshooting information on using the Explorer View of Windows SharePoint Services.
OverviewThe Explorer View feature that is included with Windows SharePoint Services and is also available in Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server lets users access files stored in the SharePoint database using the fa [read].
Posted: Mon, Oct 27th '08 |
MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 Service Pack 2 has been officially announced
Stefan Gossner
The Office Service Pack team officially anounced the upcoming Service Pack 2 for the Office 2007 suite including MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0.
The expected release date will be between February and April of 2009.
Here are some of the expected highlights for the SharePoint Area provided by the SharePoint Technical Product Managers:
Improved Read-only Content DatabasesWhenever a content database is marked read-only, all of the site collections in that database are automatically marked as read-only.
EC [read].
Posted: Mon, Oct 27th '08 |
Preliminary Guidance for using SharePoint Products and Technologies with Hyper-V
Stefan Gossner
A couple of weeks ago a whitepaper containing a support statement for using MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 in Hyper V has been released:Using SharePoint Products and Technologies in a Hyper-V virtual environment
Important Points covered in this paper:
Support statementSharePoint Products and Technologies is supported in a Hyper-V environment. Extensive testing was done to confirm that all the functional aspects of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server 2007 have the same behavior [read].
Posted: Wed, Oct 15th '08 |
Two new SharePoint 2007 resource centers are available on Technet
Stefan Gossner
Performance and Capacity Planning Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007This page contains resources to help you with performance and capacity planning for your SharePoint Server deployment—map your solution design to a farm size and set of hardware that supports your business goals.
Organized By:
Planning
Recommendations
Estimate performance based on test results
Demos
Tools from Microsoft
Tools and Papers from Partners and the Community
Best Practices Resource Center for SharePoint [read].
Posted: Mon, Sep 8th '08 |
Content Deployment Problems with MOSS and IIS 7
Stefan Gossner
Yesterday a colleague (Patrick Heyde) solved an interesting problem with MOSS 2007 and IIS 7 related to content deployment.
Some background infos: Content Deployment in MOSS 2007 first exports all content to the file system as XML and binary files and afterwards packages these files into cab files which then get uploaded through http to the target MOSS server where they then get extracted and imported.
The preconfigured maximum size of the cab files generated by content deployment is 10 MB as [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 3rd '08 |
SharePoint Infrastructure Updates and Nintex Workflow
Stefan Gossner
Nintex Workflow 2007 enables organisations to build complex workflow processes quickly and easily using a web browser interface.Recently Nintex released an update for their workflow solution which solves a problem that shows up after installing the WSS/MOSS infrastructure update.
See here for more details:http://connect.nintex.com/forums/thread/886.aspx [read].
Posted: Thu, Aug 14th '08 |
Where is Stefan?
Stefan Gossner
I will be on vacation starting tomorrow till October 12th.
So don't expect responses on blog comments till then. [read].
Posted: Thu, Aug 14th '08 |
Important Update WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 has been released yesterday
Stefan Gossner
The last couple of month the Office product group has worked on an important infrastructure update for the SharePoint and Project. This update is now available for all customers as public download from the Microsoft Download center.
The Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers contains the new Enterprise Search features that were shipped in Search Server 2008 and Search Server 2008 Express that were are not already in SharePoint Server 2007; this includes Federated Search capability, a [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 16th '08 |
How to programmatically retrieve the root site of a Variation
Stefan Gossner
The Admin UI of the site collection provides easy access to the variation settings. But the object model does not provide easy access to these settings. There are many scenarios where it would be (e.g.) very interesting to know which site is the root site of the variation.
The solution for this problem is Reflection. Using Reflection it is possible to access the VariationSettings object which provides easy access to this information.
Here is some sample code:
using System; using System.Reflecti [read].
Posted: Thu, Jun 19th '08 |
Pimp My Content Deployment Job
Stefan Gossner
As a follow up to my article series about the content deployment and migration API here are some tips on how you can "fine-tune" the out of the box content deployment jobs. This will include information about how adjust settings in Content Deployment Paths and Jobs and also about how to adjust content deployment global settings which are not available through the UI.
This article demonstrates
How to configure the FileMaxSize property for a Content Deployment Job
How to configure the Timeout and [read].
Posted: Wed, May 28th '08 |
Troubleshooting SPSite/SPWeb leaks in WSS v3 and MOSS 2007
Stefan Gossner
In an earlier article I have discussed that all SPSite and SPWeb (and potentially also PublishingWeb) objects need to be properly disposed to avoid memory pressure situations. Roger Lamb has a nice summary of coding patterns which will actually cause such leaking objects and also provides information about how such code would have to be adjusted to avoid such leaks.
In this article I will provide some details about how a sharepoint administrator is able to isolate if the site contains custom cod [read].
Posted: Wed, May 7th '08 |
SharePoint Administration Toolkit has been released
Stefan Gossner
The Microsoft® SharePoint® Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help administrate and manage Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Windows® SharePoint® Services version 3.0.
This toolkit contains two new functions - the ability to perform bulk operations on site collections and a Stsadm operation to update alert emails after a Web application has changed URLs.More details about this toolkit can be found in the following Whitepaper.
The following issue can be resolved us [read].
Posted: Fri, May 2nd '08 |
Proxy Server, Cache-Control http header, ASP.NET and MOSS 2007
Stefan Gossner
Today I got in contact with an interesting problem raised by a customer. He enabled output caching on his MOSS server machine and configured the output cache profile to use Cacheability "Public":
This setting should add a "Cache-Control: public" http header to the response sent to a browser. "Cache-Control: public" allows caching of the item as well inside proxy servers and in the client browser cache.
What the customer noticed was that event that he set the Cacheability to public the Cache-Co [read].
Posted: Fri, May 2nd '08 |
Training videos for enterprise search using MOSS are now available on Technet
Stefan Gossner
The following link provide training resources that help to demonstrate enterprise search capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Building and implementing enterprise search solutions
The following 14 recorded presentations are based on training modules from three-day, in-person training sessions. The presentations provide details about key enterprise search capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Additionally, the presentations provide guidance about how to comb [read].
Posted: Fri, Apr 25th '08 |
MOSS - Common Issue - Content Deployment fails with "Failed to compare two elements in the array."
Stefan Gossner
A common problem we see with content deployment and with STSADM -o export is the error message below:
[4/11/2008 9:25:01 AM]: FatalError: Failed to compare two elements in the array. at System.Collections.Generic.ArraySortHelper`1.QuickSort[TValue](T[] keys, TValue[] values, Int32 left, Int32 right, IComparer`1 comparer) at System.Collections.Generic.ArraySortHelper`1.QuickSort[TValue](T[] keys, TValue[] values, Int32 left, Int32 right, IComparer`1 comparer) at System.Collections.Generic. [read].
Posted: Fri, Apr 11th '08 |
Deep Dive into the SharePoint Content Deployment and Migration API - Part 6
Stefan Gossner
[Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6]
Requirements for a successful content deployment
Be aware that this article cannot provide a complete list of all requirements. I will update it from time to time if required. Today I will list all the requirements I have seen in the past which - when missed - can cause content deployment jobs to fail.
1) The servers configured as export and import server need to host an instance of the Central Administration website
When configuring the "Co [read].
Posted: Fri, Apr 11th '08 |
Adjusting the MOSS ROBOTS meta tag for 3rd party search engines - using a Control Adapter (last update: April 11th)
Stefan Gossner
When developing a public facing website using the publishing features of MOSS it might be required to emit a ROBOTS meta tag that prevents internet search engines from indexing specific pages.
The standard RobotsMetaTag control included in WSS generates the following tag:
Unfortunatelly most search engines do not understand the NOHTMLINDEX content value but a value of NOINDEX.
I already posted a solution for this which replaced the RobotsMetaTag control. Here is now a more elegant solution bas [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 8th '08 |
WSS/MOSS - Common Issue - Error Message "Unknown compression type in a cabinet folder" during export
Stefan Gossner
Another issue which I have seen a couple of times in the past when using STSADM -o export or content deployment is a failure during the export phase with the following error message:
Failed to create package fileUnknown compression type in a cabinet folder
In all cases I have seen this problem was caused by insufficient disk space. Please monitor the disk space during the export/compression phase and ensure that sufficient disk space is available to perform this operation. [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 25th '08 |
MOSS - Common Issue - events 7076, 6398, 6482 listed in the Event log and/or IIS MMC not responding
Stefan Gossner
We had a big number of cases where customers reported the following pattern:
Event ID 7076 -
Office SharePoint Server "Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. " "System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt....
Event ID 6398 -
Windows SharePoint Services 3 NERA-WPWFE1 "Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerAdministrationS [read].
Posted: Sat, Mar 15th '08 |
MOSS - Common Issue - Incremental deployment fails with "The changeToken refers to a time before the start of the current change log."
Stefan Gossner
I have seens this problem a couple of times in the past: sometimes when running incremental content deployment the deployment job fails with the following error message
The changeToken refers to a time before the start of the current change log.
To make a long story short: to resolve the problem you should do a full deployment into an empty database. It is not recommended to run full deployment into the previously used database as the full deployment will not perform delete operations of items [read].
Posted: Thu, Mar 13th '08 |
IIS 7 - How to send a custom "Server" http header
Stefan Gossner
A question we have often seen in the past is to have a method to prevent IIS from sending the server identification header to a client which allows a client to identify which type of http server it is talking too. Usually this request comes from security concerns as knowing the server would allow a hacker to more easily be able to break into the system.
Although the above assumption from customers is very doubtable we still need to be able to provide a solution for this.
Out of the box all our I [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 12th '08 |
Common error situation when using backup/restore to transfer a database to a new farm on MOSS 2007
Stefan Gossner
In the past I have seen the following problem a couple of times: a customer creates a backup of a content database on one server farm (e.g. using STSADM -o backup or a DB backup in SQL) and restores the backup on a different farm and attaches the content database to a web application.
After this operation is done several operations (like variations and content deployment) fail to work with the following exception:
System.ArgumentException. Value does not fall within the expected range. at M [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 12th '08 |
Don't miss the announcements by Bill Gates to kick off the SharePoint Conference!
Stefan Gossner
On March 3rd, the first day of the sold out SharePoint Conference in Seattle, Bill Gates will announce, during his keynote session at 9AM PST, Microsoft's Exchange Online and SharePoint Online services being available on a per user subscription basis to organizations of all sizes. Bill will also announce the Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint and the general availability of Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express. Attend Bill's keynote in Room 6ABC at the Convention Center to see and hear the det [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 3rd '08 |
Whitepaper on Database Maintenance for SharePoint is now live!
Stefan Gossner
Database Maintenance for Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies
Summary:This paper describes the recommended maintenance strategies for the databases that host content and configuration settings for SharePoint Products and Technologies.
Link, http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=111531&clcid=0x409
Abstract: This white paper provides information and guidelines for maintaining the databases that host Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies data and configurations. It [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 29th '08 |
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