Cannon Add Web application.

An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action

An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPAlternateUrlCollection Name=WEBAPPLICATION Parent=SPFarm Name=SharePoint_Config is being updated by DomainName\UserName1, in the w3wp process, on machine ServerName. View the tracing log for more information about the conflict.

1. Stop the Timer service. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
   2. Right-click Windows SharePoint Services Timer, and then click Stop.
   3. Close the Services console.
2. On the computer that is running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and on which the Central Administration site is hosted, click Start, click Run, type explorer, and then press ENTER.
3. In Windows Explorer, locate and then double-click the following folder:
   Drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID
   Notes
   • The Drive placeholder specifies the letter of the drive on which Windows is installed. By default, Windows is installed on drive C.
   • The GUID placeholder specifies the GUID folder.
   • The Application Data folder may be hidden. To view the hidden folder, follow these steps:
     1. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
     2. Click the View tab.
     3. In the Advanced settings list, click Show hidden files and folders under Hidden files and folders, and then click OK.
   • In Windows Server 2008, the configuration cache is in the following location:
     Drive:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID
4. Back up the Cache.ini file.
5. Delete all the XML configuration files in the GUID folder. Do this so that you can verify that the GUID folder is replaced by new XML configuration files when the cache is rebuilt. 
   
   Note When you empty the configuration cache in the GUID folder, make sure that you do not delete the GUID folder and the Cache.ini file that is located in the GUID folder.
6. Double-click the Cache.ini file.
7. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
8. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
9. Type 1, and then click Save on the File menu.
10. On the File menu, click Exit.
11. Start the Timer service. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
    2. Right-click Windows SharePoint Services Timer, and then click Start.
    3. Close the Services console.
    Note The file system cache is re-created after you perform this procedure. Make sure that you perform this procedure on all servers in the server farm.
12.  Make sure that the Cache.ini file has been updated. For example it should no longer be 1 if the cache has been updated.
13. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration.
14. Click the Operations tab, and then click Timer job status under Global Configuration.
15. In the list of timer jobs, verify that the status of the Config Refresh entry is Succeeded.
16. On the File menu, click Close.

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View IIS Errors

Open Web.config file on the IIS  site -> There you need to search for CallStack and change CallStack = “true” 

Similarly search for CustomError and change CustomError =”Off” 

That’s it you can now browse the page where you are facing the issue and then you will be able to know the root cause of the error and then accordingly handle it.

Send Mail from CMD

telnet localhost smtp
HELO yahoo.com
mail from: sender@test.com
250 2.1.0 sender@tecadmin.net... Sender ok
rcpt to: myemail@mail.com
250 2.1.5 myemail@mail.com... Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Hey
This is test email only

Thanks
.
250 2.0.0 r9M95xgc014513 Message accepted for delivery
quit
221 2.0.0 fbreveal.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.

Powershell script to get users logged in in last 30 days

Powershell script to get users logged in in last X days

get-aduser -filter {lastlogondate -gt "8/1/2013"} -Properties lastlogondate | select Name,LastLogonDate | sort name

(get-aduser  -server contoso.com -filter {lastlogondate -gt "8/1/2013"} -Properties lastlogondate).count

Cann't connect Admin Share member of administrators group

\\servername\c$

Can connect to it using the default Administrator account. But if I try to connect using  account that is a member of the Administrators group,  can't.

create the LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy DWORD value at this key in the registry

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\

0 - build filtered token (Remote UAC enabled) 

1 - build elevated token (Remote UAC disabled)

or you can add this key from CMD :

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Remove IIS Logs Script

Script to remove IIS logs:


$start = (get-date).AddDays(-30) 
Get-ChildItem -Path c:\inetpub\logs\logfiles\w3svc*\*.log | where {$PSItem.LastWriteTime -lt $start} | Remove-Item

Add this sctipt to windows scheduler, and logs will be remove automatically!

Snow effect on Sharepoint site

Add on main page Web Part-Content Editor-Script Editor:

copy this script to script editor.
download snow.gif picture 

<script type="text/javascript">

/******************************************
* Snow Effect Script
******************************************/
  function openwindow(){
window.open("autumn_effect.htm","","width=350,height=500")
}

  //Configure below to change URL path to the snow image
  var snowsrc="snow.gif"
  // Configure below to change number of snow to render
  var no = 10;
  // Configure whether snow should disappear after x seconds (0=never):
  var hidesnowtime = 0;
  // Configure how much snow should drop down before fading ("windowheight" or "pageheight")
  var snowdistance = "pageheight";

///////////Stop Config//////////////////////////////////

  var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
  var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;

function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

  var dx, xp, yp;    // coordinate and position variables
  var am, stx, sty;  // amplitude and step variables
  var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600; 
  
  if (ns6up) {
    doc_width = self.innerWidth;
    doc_height = self.innerHeight;
  } else if (ie4up) {
    doc_width = iecompattest().clientWidth;
    doc_height = iecompattest().clientHeight;
  }

  dx = new Array();
  xp = new Array();
  yp = new Array();
  am = new Array();
  stx = new Array();
  sty = new Array();
  snowsrc=(snowsrc.indexOf("dynamicdrive.com")!=-1)? "snow.gif" : snowsrc
  for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  
    dx[i] = 0;                        // set coordinate variables
    xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  // set position variables
    yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
    am[i] = Math.random()*20;         // set amplitude variables
    stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
    sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();     // set step variables
if (ie4up||ns6up) {
      if (i == 0) {
        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");
      } else {
        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
      }
    }
  }

  function snowIE_NS6() {  // IE and NS6 main animation function
    doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth-10 : iecompattest().clientWidth-10;
doc_height=(window.innerHeight && snowdistance=="windowheight")? window.innerHeight : (ie4up && snowdistance=="windowheight")?  iecompattest().clientHeight : (ie4up && !window.opera && snowdistance=="pageheight")? iecompattest().scrollHeight : iecompattest().offsetHeight;
if (snowdistance=="windowheight"){
doc_height = window.innerHeight || iecompattest().clientHeight
}
else{
doc_height = iecompattest().scrollHeight
}
    for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every dot
      yp[i] += sty[i];
      if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
        yp[i] = 0;
        stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
        sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
      }
      dx[i] += stx[i];
      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i]+"px";
      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i])+"px";  
    }
    snowtimer=setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);
  }

function hidesnow(){
if (window.snowtimer) clearTimeout(snowtimer)
for (i=0; i<no; i++) document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.visibility="hidden"
}


if (ie4up||ns6up){
    snowIE_NS6();
if (hidesnowtime>0)
setTimeout("hidesnow()", hidesnowtime*1000)
}

</script>