Current Config/setup: 1 SharePoint server WFE 1SQL 2000 SVR Back End This SPP server was an in-place upgrade from MOSS 2003. 1 Shared Service Provider 2 Web Applications About 40 sites About 30 MySites Even logs on the SharePoint server include: Event ID: 1309 Category: Web Event Source: ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 Event code: 3005 Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred. Event time: 11/23/2010 7:14:51 AM Event time (UTC): 11/23/2010 12:14:51 PM Event ID: 34a75efff6e747388e41a45a77626d4c Event sequence: 10 Event occurrence: 1 Event detail code: 0 Application information: Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT-1-129349880797785633 Trust level: WSS_Minimal Application Virtual Path: / Application Path: D:\Web Sites\Inetpub\wwwroot\ Machine name: JFSC-SPP Process information: Process ID: 3072 Process name: w3wp.exe Account name: NDU_NT\sppuser Exception information: Exception type: NullReferenceException Exception message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Request information: Request URL: http://jfsc-spp.ndu.edu/ssp/admin/default.aspx Request path: /ssp/admin/default.aspx User host address: 172.20.99.7 User: NDU_NT\sppuser Is authenticated: True Authentication Type: NTLM Thread account name: NDU_NT\sppuser Thread information: Thread ID: 7 Thread account name: NDU_NT\sppuser Is impersonating: False Stack trace: at Microsoft.Office.Server.Internal.UI.SharedServicesAdminDefaultPage.RegisterProfileStoreLinksJavascript() at Microsoft.Office.Server.Internal.UI.SharedServicesAdminDefaultPage.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) Event ID: 560 Category: Object Access Source: Security Object Open: Object Server: Security Object Type: File Object Name: D:\Web Sites\Inetpub\wwwroot\_app_bin\STSSOAP.DLL Handle ID: - Operation ID: {0,1706067084} Process ID: 4276 Image File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe Primary User Name: sppuser Primary Domain: NDU_NT Primary Logon ID: (0x0,0x547BC107) Client User Name: EDWARDSC Client Domain: NDU_NT Client Logon ID: (0x0,0x65B07EED) Accesses: READ_CONTROL SYNCHRONIZE ReadData (or ListDirectory) ReadEA ReadAttributes Privileges: - Restricted Sid Count: 0 Access Mask: 0x120089 Problem 1: When I attempt to access the Default Web Site settings through Central Admin I receive the error below: Server Error in '/' Application. Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] Microsoft.Office.Server.Internal.UI.SharedServicesAdminDefaultPage.RegisterProfileStoreLinksJavascript() +50 Microsoft.Office.Server.Internal.UI.SharedServicesAdminDefaultPage.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +34 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +74 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2604 Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3615; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3053 Problem 2: When attempting to go to MySites I receive the error below: Server Error in '/' Application. Value cannot be null. Parameter name: serverContext Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: serverContext Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: serverContext] Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager..ctor(ServerContext serverContext, Boolean IgnoreUserPrivacy, Boolean backwardCompatible) +354 Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager..ctor(ServerContext serverContext, Boolean IgnoreUserPrivacy) +62 Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ProfileLoader.EnsureUserProfile() +81 Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.ProfileLoader.GetUserProfile() +29 Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.OWAPartBase.OnInit(EventArgs e) +75 System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +386 System.Web.UI.Control.AddedControl(Control control, Int32 index) +203 System.Web.UI.ControlCollection.Add(Control child) +151 System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartManagerControlCollection.AddWebPartHelper(WebPart webPart) +220 System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartManagerControlCollection.AddWebPart(WebPart webPart) +109 System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartManager.AddWebPart(WebPart webPart) +56 System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartManagerInternals.AddWebPart(WebPart webPart) +12 Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.AddWebPartWithRetry(WebPart webPart) +186 Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.AddDynamicWebPart(WebPart webPart) +85 Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.CreateWebPartsFromRowSetData(Boolean onlyInitializeClosedWebParts) +8058 Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.LoadWebParts() +63 Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.SPWebPartManager.OnPageInitComplete(Object sender, EventArgs e) +410 System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e) +0 System.Web.UI.Page.OnInitComplete(EventArgs e) +107 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1471 Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3615; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3053 Problem 3: Some users are no longer able to add certain web parts, error received is: “Unable to add selected web part(s). Content Editor Web Part: An error has occurred.” All of these issues seemed to have appeared overnight. I have struggled for the last three weeks to try to resolve it on my own. I do not have control over any other server on the domain or any portion of any network device. Sadly, when changes are made on the network/domain, they are not recorded. I have no way of knowing what was changed. Nothing was changed on the SharePoint server; I cannot say the same for the SQL server or anything else on the network/domain. I will say I am able to bring up all site data in Sharepoint Designer 2007, except the “Default Admin Site” asks for credentials when I try to view the default page in a browser. This leads me to believe that it’s a permissions error. Since no one can tell me what has changed on the domain/network, I have NO idea where to start looking for solutions. I’m at a total loss. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I am not a developer, so coding answers will only frustrate me more unless there is NO other way. It's probably something really simple, but I just can't find it. Thanks in advance.

I would suggest turning ULS logging up to a more detailed level and then repeating the access attempts to the pages mentioned. Then check the ULS logs to get more detail on what may be going wrong. This may be due to security patches being pushed via WSUS etc. I've seen this kind of thing before where patches suddenly break the server. I would also recommend that you redact the above post to remove sensitive information such as the domain name and service account name from the stack traces you posted. This is information that isn't useful to anyone trying to debug the issue, but it is useful to hackers trying to get an attack vector on military related installations. I know the networks are secured and exposure is probably minimal, but this is not the kind of information that should be volunteered freely. I trust that answers your question... Thanks C http://www.cjvandyk.com/blog

Hi Sherwood, Thank you for share your problem. For your first and second problems, I think they are associated with Event 1309 and Even 560, could you please check the following Microsoft KB articles and then try to fix them: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941386; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908473. And the third problem, maybe you can solve it through the method which this thread has mentioned: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/0cc39b3b-f9a1-4b99-bb5e-7e96319924a1/. Hope this could help you. Regards.