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Reinstall Microsoft SharePoint and MSDE

When you have uninstalled Microsoft SharePoint, you must reinstall Microsoft SharePoint and MSDE to create the MSDE meta databases. To do so, perform the following procedure:

To reinstall the Microsoft SharePoint and MSDN

1. From the Windows Small Business Server 2003 installation CD, reinstall the Microsoft SharePoint Service from:

   X:\SBS\CLIENTAPPS\SHAREPT\setupsts.exe
   

   where X is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.

   Note: If your installation CD has the MSDE core file digital signature issue and it has expired, download the updated Microsoft SharePoint Services setup program (STSV2.exe) to reinstall Microsoft SharePoint Services.

2. During the last stage of the reinstallation, an error message appears, informing you that there has been a Microsoft SharePoint Setup error, and that the installation has failed to update your default website. This error message is specific to the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Microsoft SharePoint installation and can be ignored.

   Close the page and click OK.

3. After installation, STS creates the Microsoft SharePoint Central Administration site and the Microsoft SharePoint configuration database, called STS_config.

   If the Microsoft SharePoint configuration database, STS_config, is missing, you may have an expired MSDE core file digital signature issue. Perform the following steps to address this problem:

   1. Delete the Microsoft SharePoint website and uninstall Microsoft SharePoint.

      Note: See section Delete the Microsoft SharePoint Website and Uninstall Microsoft SharePoint for more information about deleting and uninstalling.

   2. Download the updated Microsoft SharePoint Services setup program (STSV2.exe).
   3. Return to the beginning of this topic to reinstall Microsoft SharePoint and MSDE
4. In the IIS Manager, under Websites, create a new virtual Website, name it companyweb, and select its home path. The default path is typically c:\inetpub\companyweb. If you use the default location, the path will be restored to the original after all restore operations are complete.
5. In the STS installation procedure, the setup selects a random TCP port to create the Microsoft SharePoint Central Administration Site. To be consistent with your original settings, use the IIS Manager to change the port to 8081, the original setting before the backup.
6. Launch the Microsoft SharePoint Central Administration Site: http://localhost:8081 from Microsoft Internet Explorer to create a new Microsoft SharePoint website to restore the original Microsoft SharePoint content.

   The Microsoft SharePoint Central Administration home page opens.

7. Click Extend or upgrade virtual server and select companyweb from the virtual site list.
8. From the Virtual Server List, select the server you want to update.
9. On the Extend Virtual Server page, select Extend and create a content database.
10. On the Extend and Create Content Database page, enter the appropriate information in the required fields.

    A new, randomly named, content database is created in MSDE.