How to get rid of the generic SharePoint error messages:
Get contentdbid value
Here’s a shortcut to getting the db_id of the SharePoint content database:
“Go to Central Administration > Application Management > Content Databases. Select the Web Application that is of your interest, and then click on the database name. Once you are on “Manage Content Database Settings” page, you can see the ContentDBID in the URL.”
Or open SQL Management Studio and select a database in Object Explorer. Then click “New Query” and execute the following script: “select DB_ID() as [Database ID];”
This will return the Database ID.
Get a list of database_id values
select * from sys.databases;
Sharepoint Timer job definitions as XML files
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataMicrosoftSharePointConfig
"Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfigurationTaskException" error
From the 12 Hive’s BIN directory, run this command:
psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force
Open Terminal Service Configuration
Start/Run/tscc.msc
More Logparser goodies
logparser -i:evt “select * from usatl01mw280Application order by TimeWritten desc”
logparser -i:evt “select TimeGenerated,EventID,EventTypeName,EventCategoryName,SourceName,Strings,Message from usatl01mw280Application” -o:datagrid
logparser -i:evt “select EventID,EventTypeName,EventCategoryName,SourceName,Strings,Message from usatl01mw280System” -o:datagrid
logparser -i:evt “select * from usatl01mw280System order by TimeWritten desc”
logparser “select distinct EventID,EventTypeName,Message from System” -o: datagrid
logparser “select distinct EventID, EventTypeName, Message, Count(*) as Entries from System group by EventID, Message, EventTypeName order by EventTypeName,
Entries DESC” -i:EVT -o:DATAGRID
Where to search for SharePoint GUID's
Seeing errors in your SharePoint trace log? Search the registry fruitlesslessly? Do a search of the XML files in this directory next:
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12TEMPLATEFEATURES