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Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package (Sts-x-none.msp): December 30, 2010

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SUMMARY

This article describes the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 issues that are fixed in the hotfix package that is dated December 30, 2010.

This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:

The issues that the hotfix package fixes.
The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.
Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.
Whether you must make any registry changes.
The files that the hotfix package contains.

Known issue

After you install the hotfix package in this article, the content deployment import job enters an endless loop and never finishes. Specifically, this issue occurs when the following conditions are true:

The pages library has a content type that contains a calculated field.
The calculated field that is used in the formula was deployed previously.

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INTRODUCTION

Issues that this hotfix package fixes

An unnecessary incremental crawl occurs in Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 when you remove a user from WSS group.
You configure the WSS 3.0 farm by using SQL authentication. When you change the password of the SQL authentication, you have to rebuild the SharePoint farm.
You perform a successful content deployment from one WSS 3.0 site to another WSS 3.0 site. Then, you change the column settings of a content type in the source WSS list. In this situation, when you perform the content deployment again, the column settings does not update correctly.

Note This issue also occurs when you use the stsadm command to perform an export and an import operation.
You create a text column that contains a valid Italian formula in a document or a list in a SharePoint 2007 site. Then, you perform a full or an incremental content deployment. In this situation, when you try to perform a full or an incremental content deployment again, you receive the following exception message:

Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: La formula contiene un errore di sintassi o non è supportata.
Consider the following scenario:
- You create a list in a SharePoint 2007 site.
- You perform an export process for the list in the site.
- You perform an import process for the list in the site.
In this scenario, the created time of the list is replaced by the import time.
Consider the following scenario:
- You create an item and then add an attachment in a list under a SharePoint 2007 non-root site collection.
- You perform a content deployment from the non-root site collection to another non-root site collection.
- You delete the attachment from the item in the list under the source site collection.
- You perform the content deployment again.
In this scenario, the attachment is not deleted from the item in the list under the destination site collection.
When you perform a content database migration by using the stsadm –o mergecontentdbs command in WSS 3.0, the audit data in the original content database is not migrated in the destination content database.
You create two domains, one is for a SharePoint 2007 server and another for a SQL server. Then, you connect the SharePoint server to the SQL server by using SQL authentication. In this situation, when you try to perform a user migration operation by using the stsadm -o migrateuser command in the SharePoint server, you receive the following error message:

Unable to connect to database. Check database connection information and make sure the database server is running.
Consider the following scenario:
- You create a list in a SharePoint 2007 site.
- You attach a workflow to the list.
- You create a new item in the list to trigger the workflow.
In this scenario, the correct user information in the user field is not displayed or replaced by other information.

Note This issue occurs after you apply the hotfix package that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article 970946.
You create more than 100 groups in a SharePoint 2007 site. Then, you deploy content from this site to another site. In this situation, the paging control does not show correctly on the destination site. However, the groups are imported successfully in the destination site.

Note This issue also occurs when you use the stsadm command to perform an export and an import operation.
You break permissions inheritance and then grant permissions only to a SharePoint 2007 document library. When you try to create alert notifications on this document library, you receive the following error message:

Access Denied
You enable content approval on a list in a Share Point 2007 site. You set the Someone else changes an item created by me alert notification. However, you never receive an email message when other users change an item in the list.

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RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problems that are described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problems described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

(http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

To install this hotfix, you must have Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 installed.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

949583

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949583/ )

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Restart requirement

You may not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

Registry information

To use the hotfix in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to resolve the issue that is listed in this article.
The English version of this hotfix package uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix package. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

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