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I got this error while opening Sharepoint 2010 Central admin in IE with IIS 7. I tried restarting the application pool , but no luck. In the event viewer, I found the following log entry. Application pool SharePoint Central Administration v4 has been disabled. Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) encountered a failure when it started a worker process to serve the application pool. Solution If you have changed your windows password recently and you didn't updated you managed account, then you are likely to get this error. To fix this, go to identity of the application pool, and change it giving the latest password. and restart the app pool.You are done!!! ...

Environments like SharePoint Foundation add their own custom cmdlet library by installing a PowerShell Snap-in. When you install SharePoint Foundation, it installs its core PowerShell snap-in named Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell. However, you have to ensure that Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell is loaded before you begin to call its cmdlets. Microsoft Foundation provides a specialized version of the PowerShell console known as the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell. You can launch the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell from a shortcut that SharePoint Foundation adds to the Windows Start menu> All Programs > Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products > SharePoint 2010 Management Shell ...

Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 includes a powerful utility named PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment(ISE).It allows to debug PowerShell Scripts in a very efficient manner.But unfortunately it doesn’t give intellisense support. SharePoint Foundation installs the PowerShell runtime ,but does not automatically install the PowerShell ISE. You have to explicitly enable it by adding a windows ...

Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 includes a powerful utility named PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment(ISE).It allows to debug PowerShell Scripts in a very efficient manner.But unfortunately it doesn’t give intellisense support. SharePoint Foundation installs the PowerShell runtime ,but does not automatically install the PowerShell ISE. You have to explicitly enable it by adding a windows feature ...

PowerShell is based on reusable libraries containing functions known as cmdlets (pronounced command lets). Cmdlets have names which follow the convention of a common verb followed by a noun. For example, the built-in PowerShell libraries provide a cmdlet named Get-Process which returns a collection of objects representing the Windows processes running on the current machine. PS D:\Users\Administrator> Get-Process Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName -------  ------    -----      ----- -----   ------     ...

There are two common ways in which you can use PowerShell. First, you can execute commands interactively using the PowerShell console window. Second, you can write scripts to automate administration tasks. Accessing PowerShell Console window Start > All Programs > Accessories > Windows PowerShell > Windows PowerShell Common Help Use the “exit” keyword to exit the shell Ctrl-C will interrupt the current task returning you to the prompt. A command can be spread over multiple lines and the interpreter will prompt for additional input. The line continuation character is the back-quote ‘`’ (also called the back-tick). Ctrl-C will interrupt the current ...

Why PowerShell ? Why Now ? PowerShell was designed to do for Windows what the UNIX shells do for UNIX: provide a powerful, well-integrated command-line experience for the operation system. Unfortunately since Windows is mostly managed through objects (WMI, COM and .NET) this required creating a new kind of shell. So why create it now? As Windows moves off the desktop and into server farms or application servers like print, DNS and LDAP services, command-line automation becomes a fundamental requirement. PowerShell is freely available through the Microsoft Windows Update Service packaged as an optional update for Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003. ...

Installing Sharepoint 2010 on Windows 7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx The above article describes step by step proceedure for installing sharepoint 2010 on windows 7. Only thing missing is installing Visual studio 2010. Install visual studio 2010 first and then proceed towards installation of sharepoint 2010.   Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2008 http://andreasglaser.net/post/2009/11/17/Installing-SharePoint-Server-2010-on-Windows-Server-2008-R2-and-SQL-Server-2008-R2-Part-1-Overview.aspx   The above article describes step by step proceedure for installation of sharepoint 2010 on windows ...