404 error after unsuccessful restore server error message about author.dll
Hi All I recently tried to restore a section of a site using stsadm. I got a versioning error when i tried to install it. Now i can't access any of the pages at the site level i tried to install //localhost/ anything at //localhost/sites/ works fine. I tried a DB backup/restore. It didn't help. When i look at the pages in Designer they give me an error "Server Error: The Url "http://localhost/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll" is not contained within a Windows Sharepoint Service site. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've been searching forums all day and nothing seems to be working. Thanks Ten P.S. The section of the site i tried to restore was from a different site. It also contained a third party SP application called "K2".
October 25th, 2010 9:39pm

I believe your both envirnoment are not on the same version thats why you facing this problem. Make sure your both farm haveing the version level and also make sure on the site collection where you are restoring your backup should have the same features as you have on your backup site collection. Both envirnoment should be same then you will be ok otherwise this thing happened. hope this works thanks -wsSharePoint administrator, MCTS,MCITP
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October 25th, 2010 11:17pm

Hi, most of the time I have seen a 404 Error is because someone deleted the default.aspx. Make sure that your site or web still exists by looking into central administration->application Management->view all site collections (which obviously will only work for site collections). when you meet with “Server Error”, please check whether there are any errors logged into the Windows Event Log? The Windows Event Log is one such place along with the SharePoint logs where you can find more info about issues and problems. I wish you every success in your important work. Best regards, David HM
October 27th, 2010 6:50am

Hi, Were you able to solve this issue? I have the exact same error and am not able to access the site anymore. Thanks.
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May 12th, 2011 6:07pm

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