Hi, I have am having trouble opening SharePoint. When I open Sharerpoint Central administration 3.0I get "page cannot be displayed" it also appears when trying to open any page within the sites. When I run SharePoint Products and Technology Configuration Wizard I get an error message reading "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately." Clicking continue sends me back to the beginning of the config wizard I am running it on Windows Server 2003 R2EnterpriseEditionSP 2 The full information from the details is below: ________________________________________________________________________________ See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text **************System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.OpenWeb(String bstrUrl, String& pbstrServerRelativeUrl, String& pbstrTitle, String& pbstrDescription, Guid& pguidID, String& pbstrRequestAccessEmail, UInt32& pwebVersion, Guid& pguidScopeId, UInt32& pnAuthorID, UInt32& pnLanguage, UInt32& pnLocale, UInt16& pnTimeZone, Boolean& bTime24, Int16& pnCollation, UInt32& pnCollationLCID, Int16& pnCalendarType, Int16& pnAdjustHijriDays, Int16& pnAltCalendarType, Boolean& pbShowWeeks, Int16& pnFirstWeekOfYear, UInt32& pnFirstDayOfWeek, Int16& pnWorkDays, Int16& pnWorkDayStartHour, Int16& pnWorkDayEndHour, Int16& pnMeetingCount, Int32& plFlags, Boolean& bConnectedToPortal, String& pbstrPortalUrl, String& pbstrPortalName, Int32& plWebTemplateId, Int16& pnProvisionConfig, String& pbstrDefaultTheme, String& pbstrDefaultThemeCSSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateCSSUrl, String& pbstrCustomizedCssFileList, String& pbstrCustomJSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateHeaderUrl, String& pbstrMasterUrl, String& pbstrCustomMasterUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoDescription, Object& pvarUser, Boolean& pvarIsAuditor, UInt64& ppermMask, Boolean& bUserIsSiteAdmin, Boolean& bHasUniquePerm, Guid& pguidUserInfoListID, Guid& pguidUniqueNavParent, Int32& plSiteFlags, DateTime& pdtLastContentChange, DateTime& pdtLastSecurityChange, String& pbstrWelcomePage) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.InitWeb() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_WebTemplate() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioning.TryGetIsSiteProvisioned(String template, String relativePath, Nullable`1 port, SPSite& provisionedSite, SPWeb& provisionedWeb, Uri& provisionedUri) at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.WelcomeForm.ShowNextFormForServerRoleSingleServer() at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.WelcomeForm.PsconfigBaseFormNextButtonClickedEventHandler(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) ************** Loaded Assemblies **************mscorlib Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll----------------------------------------psconfigUI Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.6217.1000 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/web%20server%20extensions/12/BIN/psconfigui.exe----------------------------------------System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll----------------------------------------System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll----------------------------------------System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll----------------------------------------System.Configuration Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll----------------------------------------System.Xml Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.SharePoint Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.6219.1000 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.SharePoint/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.SharePoint.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.SharePoint.SetupConfiguration.Intl Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.6211.1000 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.SharePoint.SetupConfiguration.intl/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.SharePoint.SetupConfiguration.intl.dll----------------------------------------System.ServiceProcess Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ServiceProcess/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.ServiceProcess.dll----------------------------------------System.Data Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.SharePoint.Security Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.4518.1016 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.SharePoint.Security/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.SharePoint.Security.dll----------------------------------------System.Transactions Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Transactions/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Transactions.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.SharePoint.Search Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.6211.1000 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/Microsoft.SharePoint.Search/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.dll----------------------------------------msvcm80 Assembly Version: 8.0.50727.1433 Win32 Version: 8.00.50727.1433 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/WinSxS/x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.1433_x-ww_5CF844D2/msvcm80.dll----------------------------------------System.Web Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Web/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Web.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.SharePoint.AdministrationOperation Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.6211.1000 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.SharePoint.AdministrationOperation/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.SharePoint.AdministrationOperation.dll----------------------------------------System.EnterpriseServices Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.EnterpriseServices/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.EnterpriseServices.dll----------------------------------------System.DirectoryServices Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.DirectoryServices/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.DirectoryServices.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.Office.Server Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.4518.1014 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.Office.Server/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.Office.Server.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.Office.Server.Intl Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.4518.1014 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.Office.Server.intl/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.Office.Server.intl.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.SharePoint.Library Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.6211.1000 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.SharePoint.Library/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.dll----------------------------------------Microsoft.SharePoint.intl Assembly Version: 12.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 12.0.6211.1000 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.SharePoint.intl/12.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c/Microsoft.SharePoint.intl.dll---------------------------------------- ************** JIT Debugging **************To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for thisapplication or computer (machine.config) must have thejitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.The application must also be compiled with debuggingenabled. For example: <configuration> <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" /></configuration> When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exceptionwill be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computerrather than be handled by this dialog box. _______________________________________________________________________________________ I have tried a few things including: ----------------------- Issues with backup of farm Does your search application use a different service account than your Application Pool service account? In that case, you may need to add DCOM permissions to the SPSearch application for the Search account. Go to Administrative Tools->Component Services. Drill down to My Computer and DCOM Config. Find the SPSearch component, right click and view properties and then Security. In all three categories, click "Customize" and "Edit" and make sure that both accounts have access locally (and remotely to be sure). ----------------------- Which I found at this site http://blogs.vertigo.com/personal/michael/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=4 and ----------------------- I made the above changes on Win2000 Server, but I did retrace my steps on a Win 20003 server: Run dcomcnfg to bring up Component Services window. Expand Component Services > Computers > My Computer > DCOM Config Scroll down list, right click Windows Management and Instrumentation, and select properties. A 5 tabbed window named Windows Management and Instrumentation Properties should be displayed. Select the Security tab, then select radio buttons which activate the Edit... buttons. Select the appropriate location and add the ASPNET account. Reboot. You should be good to go. ------------------------- Which was located at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=352850&SiteID=1 But as yet nothing as worked. If any one can help I will be grateful. -Paul

Hello, Does your problem occur, before or after tipping the name and the user of the configuration database? Regards, Noureddine

Hi Noureddine, Thanks for your reply however I am unsure what you mean by "tipping the name and the user of the configuration database" Perhaps you could calrify this for me -Paul

Hi Paul, I have the same error message on my WSS3 installation. What I think Noureddine means is the 2nd step in the wizard, after clicking "next" on the first page and accepting to restart services during the wizard. The next step would show your server name, database and other settings, but I, get the error on the first page, before tipping the name and user of the database. You too? This occured after getting a Http 1.1 / 404 error calling a domain name mapped to the server. I thought it was something with the configuration so I started the wizard. It usually can fix a lot of problems. Not this time though... //Marcus Update: I found this http://www.openg.info/entry/sharepoint-3-0-access-denied-install and followed the instructions and added the admin in Sharepoint Central Administration and ran the Wizard again. It started and got all the way to creating sample data, where it failed. One problem solved, a new one occured.