Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Event ID:      6398
Task Category: Timer
Level:         Critical
Description:
The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Diagnostics.SPSqlBlockingReportDiagnosticProvider (ID e0c0213b-63fc-4ede-acc9-7a569ba95812) threw an exception. More information is included below.

You do not have permission to run ‘SP_TRACE_CREATE’.

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Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Event ID:      6398
Task Category: Timer
Level:         Critical
Description:
The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.SharePoint.Diagnostics.SPSqlBlockingReportDiagnosticProvider (ID e0c0213b-63fc-4ede-acc9-7a569ba95812) threw an exception. More information is included below.
The blocking query diagnostics provider could not set the ‘blocked process threshold’ for the sql instance SPSQL01.  Blocking queries will not be captured in this instance.  Error Code: User does not have permission to perform this action.
You do not have permission to run the RECONFIGURE statement.
The configuration option ‘blocked process threshold’ does not exist, or it may be an advanced option.
You do not have permission to run the RECONFIGURE statement.

Solution

On the SQL server make sure the account specified in the username of the events has ALTER TRACE and ALTER SETTINGS enabled. You can do this through Management Studio by selecting the username and changing the securables.

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After creating an empty SharePoint 2010 solution in Visual Studio 2010 I added an Application Page to the project but compiling failed and gave me the following error:

The type or namespace name ‘LayoutsPageBase’ does not exist in the namespace ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls’ (are you missing an assembly reference?)

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Using the object browser in Visual Studio I could see that the namespace Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls didn’t contain LayoutsPageBase (Image 1) but when I viewed the same Microsoft.SharePoint.dll outside of Visual Studio (in Red Gate Reflector) I could see (Image 2).

The reason for this was quite simple when I created the SharePoint Project I had chosen to deploy it as a Sandbox Solution and application pages are not supported in sandboxed solutions. Selecting the project properties and changing the Sandboxed Solution property to False and it compiled successfully.

After checking that I was using Cached Exchange Mode and that Search was working I ran pstscan and sure enough there were some errors. Deleting my .ost file and restarted Outlook  and as if by magic suddenly everything worked.

Hurrah!

That’s odd I thought I had already done that and a visit to the web.config in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80 showed that this was the case.

A can of coke and a cup of coffee later I worked out that there is also a web.config in c:\program files\common files\microsft shared\web server extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS and a quick change to that web.config and the error details were now displaying.

In the end I just happened to enter the product key again and try activating and it worked!

Thinking about it I hadn’t used my usual ISO image so I guess that might explain why I don’t usually get the error. Apparently you might also see errors relating to DNS name does not Exist and although I experience it on Windows Server 2008 you can also get it on Vista. Of course this might not resolve your issue but it’s great to hear if it did.

Windows Vista VPN Error

When I try to connect to VPN on my Vista PC I click on “Connect To” and the VPN connection has a cross next to it and an error that reads “This connection requires an active Internet Connection”. For ages I have just been using a workaround that involves going into “Manage Network Connections” and connecting from there instead but it was getting on my nerves and after about 15 minutes of trying I managed to resolve the problem for myself and I have to be honest involved some luck in finding a hidden menu bar.

Instructions:

• Open the control panel

  

  Hidden network menu bar and advanced settings dalog

• Click Network and Internet, click Network and Sharing Center, and then click Manage network connections.
  OR if you are using Classic View
  Click Network and Sharing Center, and then click Manage network connections.

• Open the Organize menu option and select Layout and then menu bar (This was the hidden bit. Did you know there was a menu bar?).

• You should now see a menu bar with an Advanced menu item. Click on the Advanced Settings item from the Advanced menu.
• In the Adapters and Bindings tab make sure that Local Area Connection is at the top. The chances are if you have installed the Loopback Adapter or virtual machine software (Sun  xVM Virtualbox in my case) then that adapter is the top one.
• Reboot PC and try again.

This post is on my blog to remind myself how I got around the problem but I would be really interested to hear if this worked for you or even if it didn’t as your experience might help others.

After uninstalling Symantec Anti-virus I found that when I started Outlook 2007 it came up with the following error:

The Add-in “Symantec AntiVirus 10.1″ (c:\program files(x86)\Symantec Antivirus\vpnsece4.dll) cannot be loaded by Outlook. Please contact the Add-in manufacturer for an update. If no update is available please uninstall the Add-in.

The problem was that the addin didn’t appear in Tool->Trust Center->Add-ins so I couldn’t uninstall it from there.

Fortunately, deleting the file extend.dat from c:\users\<User Name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook and restarting Outlook done the trick. That was obvious – NOT!!

NOTE: I am running Vista x64 so if your running a different version of Windows the file is likely to be located elsewhere. Possibly C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook