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Windows sharepoint services (WSS 3.0) stsadm not working

I am new to powershell. I am trying to backup a sharepoint site using a stsadm command but for some reason I keeps on giving me some error. Here is what I am doing: PS C:\Users\Administrator> Stsadm –o backup –url >http://server< name:port…
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SharePoint 2010 Exporting site fields to an XML file

I have just started working with SharePoint 2010(you could say a bit of a late starter!) I have created a list via the GUI as i normally would with SharePoint 2007. I would then use Gary la pointe stsadm extentions to extract the fields XML and…
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SharePoint Solution Package Deploy Random Failures

I keep seeing this error sporadically during solution deployment and/or feature activation... Copying of this file failed . This operation uses the SharePoint Administration service (spadmin), which could not be contacted. If the service is stopped…
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'Activate feature' step error :Object Reference not set to an instance of an object

I created a custom timer job and implemented it through a feature event in sharepoint. when i tried to activate it, its showing this particular error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at…
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Sharepoint import version error

We have a SharePoint server that is version something like 12.0.4 and we are trying to import a site collection that was exported from another SharePoint server. The version there is somthing like 12.0.0. We have the export but we no longer have…
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SharePoint Table of Contents Web Part and export/import

After moving a SharePoint MOSS site using stsadm export/import I have found some problems with the Table of Contents Web Part. If I click the Heading of one of the sections in the Table of Contents web part, for example 'Documents' the page errors…
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SharePoint - find the sitetemplate value of a WSP template?

I'm trying to script the creation of sites for the fab 40 Microsoft SharePoint templates. I'm having trouble finding the value for the sitetemplate parameter for the stsadm command to create the sites. e.g.: stsadm -o createsite -url…
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Process is terminated due to StackOverflowException :in command prompt

I am using stsadm command to deactivate a feature. Here is the command i used: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN>stsa dm -o deactivatefeature -filename "ZippingOption\feature.xml" -url…
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stsadm differential backups when directories are renamed?

currently I have a full backup running daily in SharePoint. The automated process for further copying, renames the full backup directory to backup_((date in yyyymmdd))_full. I'd like to rework to a daily incremental/weekly full schedule, but the…
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Using STSADM to export and import site collection

I'm having an issue when trying to import an existing export using stsadm. Having succesfully exported the site collection, I then create a new blank site. When I run the import command, it runs for a while, then completes with the following…
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Need Help - Flaw with stsadm migrateuser command

We have a SharePoint farm with a mixed set of users from two domains (Let's say A and B). Some of the users are being added with their A domain accounts and some with their B domain identity. We now now need to decommission one of the domain (B) and…
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How to use stsadm export avoiding to export the user names

I want to export a site with "stsadm export" in order to import on an other server My structure is good but it imports all the user names and I don't want these users Can anyone tell me how to do to keep my security groups without the users?? thanks…
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SharePoint job queued, but never starts

I'm attempting to retract a solution from SharePoint. I've started the job via Central Admin site as well as from stsadm. The job is queued, however, it will stay in a state of pending for days. The SharePoint services - Admin and Timer service -…
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Feature Activation

We want to activate the existing future for more than 100+ site-collections, what would be the right choice? can we achieve this through Powershell?
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Creating a Sharepoint Development Environment from an Existing Production Environment

I have very little experience using Sharepoint but a good amount using Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003 and IIS6. I need to create a development environment for a SharePoint 2007 system that will be used internally. The…
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