WSS FAQ additions and changes - 11th - 17th December 2006

Note: All of the addresses of the KB / Articles - 2007 Products / MS /
Non-MS Articles below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS FAQ
site and to this file. I can't guarantee that they still are.

(This is also posted to my blog at http://mikewalsh.bilsimser.com)

(Items are added to the WSS FAQ throughout the week so you will find new
items more quickly by checking at wss.collutions.com or www.wssfaq.com
daily.)

From 11th - 17th December 2006



I 2007 KB Articles (*now only one section for WSS and MOSS*)

New

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928745

Some "Date Filter" and "Value Filter" commands may be unavailable when you
use Excel Web Access to view an Excel workbook in SharePoint Server 2007

14th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928031

Review form buttons are disabled after a user clicks "Claim Task" and then
clicks the Approve button in SharePoint Server 2007

14th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928304

You cannot select a new index server on the "Edit Shared Services Provider"
page in SharePoint Server 2007

13th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928619

Adobe Reader files cannot be found after you add the .pdf file type to the
list of crawled file types in SharePoint Server 2007

13th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928036

Users still have the Contributor permission on a released task in a
SharePoint Server 2007 document library

13th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928740

Changes to an Excel 2007 workbook may not be displayed when you resave the
workbook to a SharePoint Server 2007 document library and then view the
workbook in Excel Web Access

13th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;927012

Error message when you perform a search query after you upgrade to the
release version of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: "Your search
cannot be completed because of a service error"

13th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928292

The text in a bulleted or numbered list becomes misaligned when you use Word
2007 to publish a blog post to a SharePoint blog site

12th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928327

Error message in Word 2007 when you try to publish a blog post to a blog
that was created in Windows SharePoint Services: "Word cannot publish the
pictures in this post"

11th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928299

The width of empty table cells is not preserved when you use Word 2007 to
publish a table to a SharePoint blog site

11th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929073

Error message when you start Forefront Server Security Administrator:
"ERROR: Unable to connect to service"

8th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929072

Error message when you use Forefront Security for SharePoint: "ERROR: Unable
to connect to service." (ver 1.1)

8th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929074

The scan engines are not updated when you schedule a scan engine update in
Forefront Security for SharePoint, and an error message occurs: "ERROR:
Unable to load manifest"

8th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;927156

Error message when you try to use the SharePoint Products and Technologies
Wizard: "Exception: System.ArgumentException: Error during encryption or
decryption"

8th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;927918

The computer restarts when you use the Config.xml file in the
SetupUpgradeSilent folder to silently upgrade a computer that is running
Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

7th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928830

Error message when you try to create a document library or a new site after
you upgrade to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: "Unknown Error" or "Method
not found"

7th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928034

The Document ID log report does not contain information about deleted
documents in SharePoint Server 2007

5th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928029

Document library does not open successfully when you try to use Internet
Explorer 7 to open a SharePoint Server 2007 or a Windows SharePoint Services
3.0 document library (ver 1.1)

4th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928038

Guidelines for managing the Group Approval workflow process in SharePoint
Server 2007

2nd December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928753

You cannot locate an Excel 2007 workbook when you specify http://localhost
in the workbook URL parameter for an Excel Web Access Web Part

1st December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926813

You cannot upload or save a file when you try to use a 2007 Office program
to upload the file to a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library
(ver 1.1)

1st December 2006


Modified

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925714

An Excel 2007 workbook does not load from a Web page that uses EWA when
there are many connections to the computer that is running SharePoint Server
2007 (ver 1.2)

4th December 2006



II. Articles - 2007 Products (*still for the moment with other Office 2007
products - this may change in the future*)

New


A. Office 2007 Server Products

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/helloitsliam/archive/2006/12/14/16973.aspx

MOSS2007 - Write your own custom authentication provider (Part 3) (Blog -
Liam Cleary)

15th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a70bd8f8-a0f0-4d00-9010-8e40b7c98f68&displaylang=en

Upgrade Toolkit for Windows SharePoint Services Sites and Templates Guide

15th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4030d847-31bc-43ea-90ec-111b546d5411&displaylang=en

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Template: GroupBoard Workspace
2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42&displaylang=en

SharePoint Designer 2007 Trial Version

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6bfa7447-a88d-4780-a981-b508a94ca120&displaylang=en

SharePoint Designer 2007 Trial Version for Developers

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3e9af02d-174c-44b5-93fa-2b6db14efe6e&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Trial Version for Developers (Note:
x86)

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21b49283-e20c-4ba4-8c48-0ecbc6709c09&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Jerome Thiebaud about Microsoft
Office SharePoint Designer 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3c84231f-722d-48d4-a071-df19a72bbbf4&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Tom Rizzo about Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5331ed9a-5723-4e51-9138-a6e59c7c0b69&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Jeff Wierer about Microsoft
Office Excel Services

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1de5949a-53fc-4081-ba1d-99c7c0913b8d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Manish Sharma about records
management

14th December 2006

http://tinyurl.com/ykofau

TechNet Webcast: An In-Depth Look at Search Technology in Office SharePoint
Server 2007 (Level 200) (Matthew Hester)

13th December 2006

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/helloitsliam/archive/2006/12/12/16887.aspx

MOSS2007 - Write your own custom authentication provider (Part 2) (Blog -
Liam Cleary)

12th December 2006

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/dwise/archive/2006/12/11/FilterViewbasedonWorkflow.aspx

How to Filter a View based on Workflow Status (Blog - David Wise)

11th December 2006

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/helloitsliam/archive/2006/12/11/16842.aspx

MOSS2007 - Write your own Custom Authentication Provider (C#) (Blog - Liam
Cleary)

11th December 2006

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/jason/archive/2006/12/11/16849.aspx

Define site column, content type, and add to document library using the
object model (Blog - Jason Wang)

11th December 2006

http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2006/12/11/building-tylerbutler-com-part-4-the-main-home-page-and-migrating-content.aspx

Building tylerbutler.com, Part 4: The Main Home Page and Migrating Content
(MS Blog - Tyler Butler)

11th December 2006

http://tinyurl.com/ykhcrb

TechNet Webcast: Real-Time Collaboration and Office SharePoint Server 2007
(Level 200) (Keith Combs)

11th December 2006

http://tinyurl.com/yaqwvk

MSDN Webcast: Office SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog (Part 2 of
2): Developing Web Services (Level 200) (Mike Fitzmaurice)

8th December 2006

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79322

Plan for building multilingual solutions by using SharePoint Products and
Technologies

November 2006 (added 10th December 2006)

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-541.mspx

Preparation Guide for Exam 70-541 - Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
3.0 - Application Development

30th October 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-542.mspx

Preparation Guide for Exam 70-542 - Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007 - Application Development

30th October 2006


B. Other Office 2007 products

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6b0dfaf8-e232-4415-943a-26a4a7bf768d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Christian Stark about Microsoft
Office InfoPath Forms Services

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=beb85a7e-d94c-46ff-b63a-0667ef19d827&DisplayLang=en

Groove 2007 Document: Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Getting Started Guide

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1616548f-31aa-4a8d-b8da-c91a906fe9ab&DisplayLang=en

Groove 2007 Document: Microsoft Office Groove 2007 User's Guide

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2d1189bf-d86a-4acf-9dcc-4d61f500ad6d&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 Trial Version

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=70f6ebda-5846-4e65-894f-a6e63c7119fe&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Jared Andersen about Microsoft
Office PowerPoint 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e04b0dcc-8d79-46ad-af93-8bb5bae5a13d&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Gray Knowlton about Microsoft
Office Word 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8d1b2d6f-c470-4ab5-8833-31624a3a5453&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Alex Robinson about Microsoft
Office OneNote 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=acf8b530-a4fe-4749-b891-58b94754a571&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office 2007 Audio File: Interview with Ryan Hoppe about Microsoft
Office Groove 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b2a6c1db-3d17-4fdf-8365-9b18fa5bcbe3&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office 2007 Audio File: Interview with Michael Worosz about
Microsoft Office Excel 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38128fe2-6a44-4a14-882d-fec9653f0dd2&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Jessica Arnold about Microsoft
Office Outlook 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7c9822cd-bfcc-4304-ab5e-fe750baa6abc&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Anne Weiler about Microsoft
Office Enterprise 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2722280-f3a9-4f0e-b2cd-5b004a90c0aa&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Gray Knowlton about Microsoft
Office Open XML File Formats

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=13cb85ff-96a6-4dd6-adfb-08440b99cf46&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: The Crabby Office Lady talks about fonts

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a3ed2f95-03c2-4c5e-8bdb-e8428e890469&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Ritu Chaturvedi about Microsoft
Office Visio 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbda4096-4aed-4dd6-b9fb-f16d7c998e63&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Mark Alexieff about Microsoft
Office Professional Plus 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=afadab97-c4de-4cce-8454-b978aa03ccd2&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Dev Balasubramanian about
Windows Rights Management Services

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6ce42907-3759-4dd7-83ea-bd8a233e9d53&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with William Lyon about Microsoft
Project 2007

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5f35ed05-212b-4258-8f10-7c8f7813c646&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Jensen Harris about the new
Microsoft Office 2007 user interface

14th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=87cde655-4fe6-47cd-afde-2ee5186bd3f2&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: Interview with Mor Hezi about Microsoft Office
Access 2007

13th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=21b4c1b8-3332-414f-b868-5ed310b7c951&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: The Crabby Office Lady talks about templates

13th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5eab8053-c5db-4633-a1f2-de7cdb81af0b&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office Audio File: The Crabby Office Lady talks about forwarding
e-mail

13th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7554f536-8c28-4598-9b72-ef94e038c891&displaylang=en

2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components

13th December 2006

http://tinyurl.com/uz4jh

Momentum Webcast: A Sneak Peek at Mobility Features in Windows Vista and the
2007 Microsoft Office System (Level 100) (Stephen Deming)

12th December 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8b48bd31-f043-4ab4-96eb-c6e958fe4ec9&displaylang=en

2007 Office System Document: Bringing Web 2.0 to the Enterprise with the
2007 Office System

12th December 2006

C. Other New 2006/2007 Products

http://tinyurl.com/ym857p

TechNet Webcast: How to Design Your Windows Rights Management Services (RMS)
Deployment (Level 200) (Tim Upton, Titus)

14th December 2006

Modified

None

Deleted

None


III WSS v3 FAQ

New

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=920

What problems have been reported with IE7 (when used with WSSv3/MOSS 2007
sites)?

Modified

None

Deleted

None


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IV WSSv2 KB Articles (plus SPS 2003 Hot fixes)

New

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=929197

Description of the MSNBC Web Parts that have been discontinued in the online
Web Part gallery for Windows SharePoint Services (ver 1.1)

11h December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928215

Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix
package: November 17, 2006

8th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;928402

Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix
package: November 20, 2006 (ver 1.1)

8th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926008

Error message when you create a new Data View in a Windows SharePoint
Services 2.0 Web site that connects to an Access database: "The data
retrieval service encountered an error during connection to the data source"

8th December 2006

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926409

Error when you use the SharePoint Migration Tool to try to restore a Windows
SharePoint Services Web site: "Error getting manifest for http://localhost
(fatal)"

7th December 2006

Modified

None

V. MS Articles for WSSv2

New

None

Modified

None

VI Non-MS Articles for WSSv2

New

None

Modified

None


VII WSSv2 FAQ

New

None

Modified

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=580

I.28.2 What is fixed in the fix packs for SPS 2003 Service Pack 2

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSS%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=193

III.59 How can I make the link between Web Part Connections a dropdown list
rather than the standard radio buttons?



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