Microsoft has released an update for the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System. This article contains information about how to obtain the update, a list of issues fixed by the update, and how to determine whether the update is installed.
This article describes the issues that are fixed in version 2 of the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
Update details
Issues that the update fixes
This update fixes the issue that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
940308Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=940308/
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A new rule is not applied as expected when you run the Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 tool
This update also fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Changes to the default debugger are not detected The Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System does not detect changes to the default debugger on the server that is running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
A nonzero value for the RobotThreadsNumber registry setting is not detectedThe Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System does not detect a nonzero value for the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 search RobotThreadsNumber registry setting. When the RobotThreadsNumber registry setting is set to zero, multiple search threads are enabled. When the RobotThreadsNumber registry setting is set to a nonzero value, such as 1, a single search thread is enabled.
A nonzero value for the DebugFilters registry setting is not detectedThe Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System does not detect a nonzero value for the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 search DebugFilters registry setting. If the DebugFilters registry setting is set to a nonzero value, the Mssearch.exe application cannot correctly manage the filtering daemon (Mssdmn.exe) processes when the processes stop responding.
Installation details
How to obtain and install the update
This update is located at the Microsoft Download Center. To download this update and to obtain installation instructions and deployment strategies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
How to determine whether the update is installed
The update contains the following files.
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| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time |
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| BPA.Common.dll | 8.0.669.0 | 208,896 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| BPA.ConfigCollector.dll | 8.0.669.0 | 106,496 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| BPA.NetworkCollector.dll | 8.0.669.0 | 45,056 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| BPA.UserInterface.dll | 8.0.669.0 | 544,768 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| CustSat.dll | 9.0.3790.2428 | 40,824 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| Eula | Not Applicable | 14,362 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| Formatxsltransform.xsl | Not Applicable | 9,980 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| Microsoft.SharePoint.BestPracticesAnalyzer.Intl.dll | 12.0.6044.5000 | 37,928 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| Microsoft.SharePoint.BestPracticesAnalyzer.Intl.Resources.dll | 12.0.6044.5000 | 70,696 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| Reportxsltransform.xsl | Not Applicable | 3,965 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| SharePointBPA.config.xml | Not Applicable | 53,280 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
| SharePointBPA.exe | 12.0.6044.5000 | 361,696 | 21-Nov-2007 | 22:20 |
You do not have to install this update if you have later versions of these files.
To determine whether these files are installed, follow these steps:
- Start Search Companion. To do this, click Start, and then click Search.
Note If Windows Desktop Search starts, click Click here to use Search Companion. - In the Search Results window, click All files and folders in the Search Companion pane.
- In the All or part of the file name box, type the name of the file, and then click Search.
- In the list of files, right-click the file that was located, and then click Properties.
- On the General and Version tabs, examine the file properties of the file.