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:

Solution 1:

1) Make sure you have a Microsoft Office 2003 Professional edition. Microsoft says: “Support for Windows SharePoint Services list data is available only in Microsoft Office 2003 Professional editions.” See the KB909506 for more information (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909506)

2) Make sure that ActiveX support is enabled in Internet Explorer.

    How Can I Tell if ActiveX is Enabled in Internet Explorer?
    Browser test page
   

3) Reset Internet Explorer to it’s default settings:

    How to reset Internet Explorer settings
    Reset Internet Explorer 6 settings or here
    Reset Internet Explorer 7 settings or here
    Reset Internet Explorer 8 settings

4) Add your SharePoint site to Trusted Zone.

2) Run “Detect and Repair” tool. (See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821593 or http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA010548851033.aspx for more information)

Solution 2:

1. Close Internet Explorer
2. Go to Start => Run => "regedit"
3. Navigate to the following key and delete it:
       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility

         Sub-Key: {65bcbee4-7728-41a0-97be-14e1cae36aae}



4. Re-register Microsoft Office List DataSheet Component (STSLIST.DLL and STSLISTI.DLL): 
   Start => Run =>
   regsvr32.exe "%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STSLIST.DLL" => OK
   Start => Run =>
   regsvr32.exe "%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1040\STSLISTI.DLL" => OK

Solution 3:

1. Completely uninstall any Office 2007 products using ‘Add or Remove Programs’ if you have any.

2. Uninstall Microsoft Office 2003 (fix or repair options are not likely to help out here)

3. Install Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. Select a Custom install and make sure Windows SharePoint Services Support is installed with Office 2003.

3. Reinstall your Office 2007 products by running a custom installation with Windows SharePoint Services Support not being installed.

This link might help you to resolve the problem if you have Microsoft Office 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.

Here’s the solution that helped me to solve the issue. Original article is found here.

Under the account of a user that has rights (usually the admin account), go to the URL and add "contents=1" to it.  This will list all web parts that have been added at any particular point.

If you have a web part that you added at one point and deleted it through the URL, it still ‘exists’ and so if it wasn’t a safe part, or is no longer listed in the web.config as a safe part, it will be listed as an ‘Error’ web part.  Select it/them and delete them, and then you should be able to open the page in SharePoint Designer as expected.

For example, if you try to open the page like this: http://somehost/default.aspx?contents=1 or like this http://somehost/?contents=1 you will see the “Web Part Page Maintenance: default” and the list of currently loaded Web Parts. Check the list of Web Parts for an Error Web Part and delete it.

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).

· Small size video (6MB)
· Medium size video (17 MB)
· Large size video (83 MB)

Others who downloaded SharePoint Designer 2007 also downloaded:

1. Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
2. Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Training Standalone Edition
3. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Templates: All Templates
4. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Sample: Example Master Pages
5. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2