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I’ve been trying to schedule a backup of our WSS site using SharePoint SUSHI and had two different problems:

1) After setting required parameters and clicking “Create Scheduled Backup” in the command prompt I was getting the following error:  ERROR: Invalid starttime value.
Well, actually the format of the date as it was created was wrong. Possibly just because of the regional Options… The server’s regional options where I run SharePoint site is Italian. So, to go around this I just copied the generated SCHTASK command and modified the time value:

Original command was like this:

D:\>SCHTASKS /create /sc DAILY /mo 1 /tn "Catapult SharePoint Autobackup" /tr "C:\SharePoint Utils\sushi.exe -autostart:Catapult_SharePoint_Autobackup" /s \\WSSSERVERNAME /st 01.00 /F /u DOMAIN\UserName ERROR: Invalid starttime value.

I made it look like this in a Notepad:

SCHTASKS /create /sc DAILY /mo 1 /tn "Catapult SharePoint Autobackup" /tr "C:\SharePoint Utils\sushi.exe -autostart:Catapult_SharePoint_Autobackup" /s \\WSSSERVERNAME /st 18:30 /F /u /RU DOMAIN\UserName /RP password

After running this command in a command prompt window the tasks was successfully created. However, there I have encountered another problem to resolve as described in point 2.

2) When I tried to Run the scheduled task the I got the following error:

"Catapult SharePoint Autobackup.job" (SharePoint) 2/4/2010 8:48:00 AM ** ERROR **
    Unable to start task.
    The specific error is:
    0×80070005: Access is denied.
    Try using the Task page Browse button to locate the application.

Searching Internet led me to Microsoft’s KB article related to this error, however in my case the error was due to the ‘space’ character in the folder path: “D:\SharePoint Utils\sushi.exe“. Simply renaming the folder name and modifying the task with correct path resolved this problem.

Hope this information will help someone who has encountered the same problem.

Recently I have received several calls from our users saying that whenever the try to open a document library in DataSheet view the get the following error message:

" The list cannot be displayed in Datasheet view for one or more of the following reasons: A datasheet component compatible with Windows SharePoint Services is not installed, your browser does not support ActiveX controls, or support for ActiveX controls is disabled. "





All of our office computers have:

- Windows XP SP3

- Microsoft Office 2003 Professional SP3

- Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Pack

Poking around on the Web, I found several solutions for folks who were using Office 2003. Here’re the most common solutions I found for Office 2003:

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Today, I’ve encountered the following error when trying to open default.aspx page in SharePoint Designer 2007.

soap:ServerServer was unable to process request. —> A Web Part or Web Form Control on this Web Part Page cannot be displayed or imported because it is not registered as safe on this site. You may not be able to open this page in an HTML editor that is compatible with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer. To fix this page, contact the site administrator to have the Web Part or Web Form Control configured as safe. You can also remove the Web Part or Web Form Control from the page by using the Web Parts Maintenance Page. If you have the necessary permissions, you can use this page to disable Web Parts temporarily or remove personal settings. For more information, contact your site administrator.

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Excellent news for SharePoint developers! Starting from April 2, 2009 SharePoint Designer 2007 is available as a FREE download!

You can find a lot more information in The SharePoint Designer Team site including:

a) Letter to our Customers
b) Frequently Asked Questions
c) Free Download

Also, make sure to watch this video where Tom Rizzo and J.R. Arredondo discuss these changes and provide some insights into what is coming in the future (pick the appropriate version for your bandwidth).

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