*rips out hair* now central admin not working...

Well we upgraded to WSS 3.0 SP1 and now our central admin site isn't
working! it just gives a 404 error... all the sharepoint websites work
though... just not the central admin... anyone have any clue why? and how to
fix this? thanks!

Andy
Mon Jan 07 16:40:47 CST 2008

I had a similar experience on one of my box's after running a windows update
(can't remember which one though).

In my case when you clicked on the link for central admin it wasn't picking
up the default page i.e. it was just going to
http://myservername:14095/

To get access all I needed to do was add default.aspx to the end of the url
& away I went. As it was only a virtual dev server I never pursued it any
further but thought this might be of use to you and get you into your
Central Admin site.

"Smokey Grindel" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Ov6jJ5VUIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Well we upgraded to WSS 3.0 SP1 and now our central admin site isn't
> working! it just gives a 404 error... all the sharepoint websites work
> though... just not the central admin... anyone have any clue why? and how
> to fix this? thanks!
>

Smokey
Mon Jan 07 21:36:58 CST 2008

no go... didn't help adding the default page to the url... :(


"Andy Bonner" <andy.bonner@infinity.co.nz> wrote in message
news:uztFW5XUIHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I had a similar experience on one of my box's after running a windows
>update (can't remember which one though).
>
> In my case when you clicked on the link for central admin it wasn't
> picking up the default page i.e. it was just going to
> http://myservername:14095/
>
> To get access all I needed to do was add default.aspx to the end of the
> url & away I went. As it was only a virtual dev server I never pursued it
> any further but thought this might be of use to you and get you into your
> Central Admin site.
>
> "Smokey Grindel" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:Ov6jJ5VUIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Well we upgraded to WSS 3.0 SP1 and now our central admin site isn't
>> working! it just gives a 404 error... all the sharepoint websites work
>> though... just not the central admin... anyone have any clue why? and how
>> to fix this? thanks!
>>
>
>

Mike
Mon Jan 07 23:17:17 CST 2008

The next thing to try is using Firefox. I've had cases where Firefox has
demanded authorization where IE has given 404 errors because it is
assuming (wrong) authorization.

If Firefox works you could consider flushing your IE caches.

Mike Walsh
WSS FAQ www.wssfaq.com / wss.collutions.com
no private e-mail questions please

Smokey Grindel wrote:
> no go... didn't help adding the default page to the url... :(
>
>
> "Andy Bonner" <andy.bonner@infinity.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:uztFW5XUIHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I had a similar experience on one of my box's after running a windows
>> update (can't remember which one though).
>>
>> In my case when you clicked on the link for central admin it wasn't
>> picking up the default page i.e. it was just going to
>> http://myservername:14095/
>>
>> To get access all I needed to do was add default.aspx to the end of the
>> url & away I went. As it was only a virtual dev server I never pursued it
>> any further but thought this might be of use to you and get you into your
>> Central Admin site.
>>
>> "Smokey Grindel" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ov6jJ5VUIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Well we upgraded to WSS 3.0 SP1 and now our central admin site isn't
>>> working! it just gives a 404 error... all the sharepoint websites work
>>> though... just not the central admin... anyone have any clue why? and how
>>> to fix this? thanks!
>>>
>>
>
>

Smokey
Tue Jan 08 09:53:43 CST 2008

In firefox I get a white page with just this back

HTTP/1.1 404
Connection: close
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:53:19 GMT
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 12.0.0.6219"Mike Walsh"
<englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uDWtiXbUIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> The next thing to try is using Firefox. I've had cases where Firefox has
> demanded authorization where IE has given 404 errors because it is
> assuming (wrong) authorization.
>
> If Firefox works you could consider flushing your IE caches.
>
> Mike Walsh
> WSS FAQ www.wssfaq.com / wss.collutions.com
> no private e-mail questions please
>
> Smokey Grindel wrote:
>> no go... didn't help adding the default page to the url... :(
>>
>>
>> "Andy Bonner" <andy.bonner@infinity.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:uztFW5XUIHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> I had a similar experience on one of my box's after running a windows
>>> update (can't remember which one though).
>>>
>>> In my case when you clicked on the link for central admin it wasn't
>>> picking up the default page i.e. it was just going to
>>> http://myservername:14095/
>>>
>>> To get access all I needed to do was add default.aspx to the end of the
>>> url & away I went. As it was only a virtual dev server I never pursued
>>> it any further but thought this might be of use to you and get you into
>>> your Central Admin site.
>>>
>>> "Smokey Grindel" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Ov6jJ5VUIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Well we upgraded to WSS 3.0 SP1 and now our central admin site isn't
>>>> working! it just gives a 404 error... all the sharepoint websites work
>>>> though... just not the central admin... anyone have any clue why? and
>>>> how to fix this? thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>

roman(at)romanportal(dot)com>
Tue Jan 08 18:12:01 CST 2008

Smokey did you resolve this? I appear to have a similar issue with Central
Administration after a first installation.

"Smokey Grindel" wrote:

> In firefox I get a white page with just this back
>
> HTTP/1.1 404
> Connection: close
> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:53:19 GMT
> Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
> MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 12.0.0.6219"Mike Walsh"
> <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uDWtiXbUIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > The next thing to try is using Firefox. I've had cases where Firefox has
> > demanded authorization where IE has given 404 errors because it is
> > assuming (wrong) authorization.
> >
> > If Firefox works you could consider flushing your IE caches.
> >
> > Mike Walsh
> > WSS FAQ www.wssfaq.com / wss.collutions.com
> > no private e-mail questions please
> >
> > Smokey Grindel wrote:
> >> no go... didn't help adding the default page to the url... :(
> >>
> >>
> >> "Andy Bonner" <andy.bonner@infinity.co.nz> wrote in message
> >> news:uztFW5XUIHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >>> I had a similar experience on one of my box's after running a windows
> >>> update (can't remember which one though).
> >>>
> >>> In my case when you clicked on the link for central admin it wasn't
> >>> picking up the default page i.e. it was just going to
> >>> http://myservername:14095/
> >>>
> >>> To get access all I needed to do was add default.aspx to the end of the
> >>> url & away I went. As it was only a virtual dev server I never pursued
> >>> it any further but thought this might be of use to you and get you into
> >>> your Central Admin site.
> >>>
> >>> "Smokey Grindel" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:Ov6jJ5VUIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >>>> Well we upgraded to WSS 3.0 SP1 and now our central admin site isn't
> >>>> working! it just gives a 404 error... all the sharepoint websites work
> >>>> though... just not the central admin... anyone have any clue why? and
> >>>> how to fix this? thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>

Smokey
Mon Jan 14 07:36:04 CST 2008

nope.....

"Roman" <roman(at)romanportal(dot)com> wrote in message
news:39D7C1B7-06AB-4BF2-95FB-EA50CD415925@microsoft.com...
> Smokey did you resolve this? I appear to have a similar issue with Central
> Administration after a first installation.
>
> "Smokey Grindel" wrote:
>
>> In firefox I get a white page with just this back
>>
>> HTTP/1.1 404
>> Connection: close
>> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:53:19 GMT
>> Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
>> X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
>> MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 12.0.0.6219"Mike Walsh"
>> <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uDWtiXbUIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> > The next thing to try is using Firefox. I've had cases where Firefox
>> > has
>> > demanded authorization where IE has given 404 errors because it is
>> > assuming (wrong) authorization.
>> >
>> > If Firefox works you could consider flushing your IE caches.
>> >
>> > Mike Walsh
>> > WSS FAQ www.wssfaq.com / wss.collutions.com
>> > no private e-mail questions please
>> >
>> > Smokey Grindel wrote:
>> >> no go... didn't help adding the default page to the url... :(
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Andy Bonner" <andy.bonner@infinity.co.nz> wrote in message
>> >> news:uztFW5XUIHA.4532@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >>> I had a similar experience on one of my box's after running a windows
>> >>> update (can't remember which one though).
>> >>>
>> >>> In my case when you clicked on the link for central admin it wasn't
>> >>> picking up the default page i.e. it was just going to
>> >>> http://myservername:14095/
>> >>>
>> >>> To get access all I needed to do was add default.aspx to the end of
>> >>> the
>> >>> url & away I went. As it was only a virtual dev server I never
>> >>> pursued
>> >>> it any further but thought this might be of use to you and get you
>> >>> into
>> >>> your Central Admin site.
>> >>>
>> >>> "Smokey Grindel" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:Ov6jJ5VUIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >>>> Well we upgraded to WSS 3.0 SP1 and now our central admin site isn't
>> >>>> working! it just gives a 404 error... all the sharepoint websites
>> >>>> work
>> >>>> though... just not the central admin... anyone have any clue why?
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> how to fix this? thanks!
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>>
>>

roman(at)romanportal(dot)com>
Tue Jan 15 02:51:03 CST 2008

Sorry I don't have the expertise to help. I've only just managed to get
myself up and running but my case was different with similar symptoms. I
reverted back to 32 bit OS and it worked straight away.

About all I know is to check that other sites / apps are not sharing the
same port; ASP.NET is Allowed; ASP.NET V3 is installed (required for WSS3);
the site is Running in IIS; firewall is Off (at least initially); and the
correct URL is being entered into your browser including port number for
Admin Central.

Sorry I probably can't add anything meaningful - I wish you success Smokey.

"Smokey Grindel" wrote:

> nope.....
>
> "Roman" <roman(at)romanportal(dot)com> wrote in message
> news:39D7C1B7-06AB-4BF2-95FB-EA50CD415925@microsoft.com...
> > Smokey did you resolve this? I appear to have a similar issue with Central
> > Administration after a first installation.
> >

Tony
Wed Jan 16 19:39:38 CST 2008

A few questions for you...
-In IIS, is your central admin site set to run ASP.NET 2.0? Did it
some freak chance return to ASP.NET 1.1?
-Is your central admin site still in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss
\VirtualDirectories?
-Is there anything in your event log pertaining to this?
-how bout the SharePoint logs C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\web server extensions\12\LOGS? anything in there jump out at
you?

also, sometimes running "SharePoint Products and Technologies
Configuration Wizard" under your start menu can "repair" basic setup
things(don't quote me on this last part, I am just guessing that it
could help)

On Jan 15, 3:51=A0am, Roman <roman(at)romanportal(dot)com> wrote:
> Sorry I don't have the expertise to help. I've only just managed to get
> myself up and running but my case was different with similar symptoms. I
> reverted back to 32 bit OS and it worked straight away.
>
> About all I know is to check that other sites / apps are not sharing the
> same port; ASP.NET is Allowed; ASP.NET V3 is installed (required for WSS3)=
;
> the site is Running in IIS; firewall is Off (at least initially); and the
> correct URL is being entered into your browser including port number for
> Admin Central.
>
> Sorry I probably can't add anything meaningful - I wish you success Smokey=
.
>
>
>
> "Smokey Grindel" wrote:
> > nope.....
>
> > "Roman" <roman(at)romanportal(dot)com> wrote in message
> >news:39D7C1B7-06AB-4BF2-95FB-EA50CD415925@microsoft.com...
> > > Smokey did you resolve this? I appear to have a similar issue with Cen=
tral
> > > Administration after a first installation.- Hide quoted text -
>
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