Pradeepa Achar

While running the product configuration wizard of Sharepoint foundation 2010, if you have come across the following error “ An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException was thrown. Additional exception information: Failed to call GetTypes on assembly Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c. Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.DataVisualization, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.” Here is the solution to overcome the issue,. Open the SQL server configuration manager.Select the SQL Server Network Configuration and select the Protocols for MSSQLSERVER. Make sure that TCP/IP protocol is enabled. If it is disabled, make it enable by right clicking on the TCP/IP ,Click on Enable option. Hope

While deploying/retracting the solution using stsadm command , you may come across this error message The solution for the above problem as follows: § Go to central admin->monitoring->Review job definitions under Timer jobs §   Search for .wsp on the page .You will find a timer job “ XYZ.wsp is deploying / retracting ……blab la. ” §   Click on the XYZ.wsp is retracting/deploying timer job and click on the “DELETE” button. §   Now goto Services . goto start->Run->enter the text services.msc .find the service name “ Sharepoint 2010 Administration ” and start the service. §   Now continue with the process of deployment or retraction using stsadm command. This may help some one Cheers Pradeepa Achar

While deploying using Visual studio, we may get an error "error occurred in deployment step 'recycle iis application pool' :object reference not set to an instance of an object" Solution:  Don't get  panic ..Simply restart the visual studio with the solution which you wanted to deploy on to the site This may help some one. -cheers pradeepa achar