2010/01/12

Web Parts Maintenance Page - fixing a SharePoint page with faulty Web Parts configuration

If you ever use Site Aggregator Web Part on the default.aspx page of a site and configure it in a way that redirects users to some other website (specified when adding Site Aggregator) every time they try to open the SharePoint site (I have no idea how I managed to do it), you can use the Web Parts Maintenance Page to resolve this problem. Of course, you can use this page to troubleshoot all other kinds of problems caused by Web Parts misconfiguration.


The URL of the Web Parts Maintenance Page is:

http://SITE-URL/_layouts/spcontnt.aspx?&url=%2fPAGE-WITH-WEB-PARTS.aspx

2010/01/02

BSoD when installing Windows XP on ASUS K61IC notebook

If a bluescreen (Blue Screen of Death) occurs during Windows XP installation and the error message contains the 0x0000007B code, try to do the following:
  1. restart the notebook,
  2. press F2 to enter the BIOS setup,
  3. go to Advanced and then IDE Configuration,
  4. change the SATA Operation Mode setting to Compatible (the default setting is Enhanced).
Some information about the STOP: 0x0000007B error can be found here.