Archive for March 2010

SharePoint 2007 SP2 – Unable to activate Standard feature

Since I’ve hit this issue twice now, thought I’d drop a post for myself so I don’t have to Google yet again for it.

Problem: Unable to activate publishing and standard features in a site. This occurs whether activating the features manually or via content deployment.

Solution: Re-install Service Pack 2 and any applicable Cumulative Updates using the standalone installation packages.

Cause: If the IIS Role is added by SharePoint setup, the Service Pack is not applied correctly.

Symptoms:

  • Unable to activate Publishing feature
  • Unable to activate Standard feature
  • File Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.dll in <12 hive>\ISAPI has the wrong version number

Environment:

  • SharePoint 2007 SP2 (slipstreamed)
  • Windows 2008 and 2008 R2

Links:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/8b96663a-ed87-4ab4-bd59-33c7245a76d4

- Dave