Hello, Under WSS 3.0 SP2, when we want to restore a backup of a our development site on our production site using stsadm -o restore, whe have the following error: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040E05 In the log files (\12\LOGS\) we have more details: stsadm: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040E05 Callstack: at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.GetListsWithCallback(String bstrUrl, Guid foreignWebId, String bstrListInternalName, Int32 dwBaseType, Int32 dwBaseTypeAlt, Int32 dwServerTemplate, UInt32 dwGetListFlags, UInt32 dwListFilterFlags, Boolean bPrefetchMetaData, Boolean bSecurityTrimmed, Boolean bGetSecurityData, ISP2DSafeArrayWriter p2DWriter, Int32& plRecycleBinCount) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListCollection.EnsureListsData(Guid webId, String strListName) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListCollection.EnsureListsData(String strListName) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListCollection.Undirty() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBaseCollection.System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.LogSiteRestoreToChangeLog(SPSite site) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Restore(String strSiteUrl, String strFilename, Boolean bOverwrite, Boolean hostHeaderAsSiteName) at Microsoft.SharePoint.StsAdmin.SPAdminRestore.RunSiteCollectionRestore(StringDictionary keyValues) at Microsoft.SharePoint.StsAdmin.SPAdminRestore.Run(StringDictionary keyValues) at Microsoft.SharePoint.StsAdmin.SPStsAdmin.RunOperation(SPGlobalAdmin globalAdmin, String strOperation, StringDictionary keyValues, SPParamCollection pars) The SharePoint installation and the restore operation are done with a local Administrator Account. After this error occured, we have the following error when we try to manage site collection in the SharePoint Central Administration: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite.get_Owner() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteAdministration.get_OwnerLoginName() at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.OwnersPage.OnContextChange(Object sender, EventArgs e) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.ContextSelector`1.OnContextChange(EventArgs e) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.ContextSelector`1.set_CurrentId(String value) at Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.ContextSelector`1.OnLoad(EventArgs e) ... If we try to run the SharePoint Products And Technologies Configuration Wizard, we have the following error: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleUnauthorizedAccessException(UnauthorizedAccessException ex) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.OpenWeb(String bstrUrl, String& pbstrServerRelativeUrl, String& pbstrTitle, String& pbstrDescription, Guid& pguidID, String& pbstrRequestAccessEmail, UInt32& pwebVersion, Guid& pguidScopeId, UInt32& pnAuthorID, UInt32& pnLanguage, UInt32& pnLocale, UInt16& pnTimeZone, Boolean& bTime24, Int16& pnCollation, UInt32& pnCollationLCID, Int16& pnCalendarType, Int16& pnAdjustHijriDays, Int16& pnAltCalendarType, Boolean& pbShowWeeks, Int16& pnFirstWeekOfYear, UInt32& pnFirstDayOfWeek, Int16& pnWorkDays, Int16& pnWorkDayStartHour, Int16& pnWorkDayEndHour, Int16& pnMeetingCount, Int32& plFlags, Boolean& bConnectedToPortal, String& pbstrPortalUrl, String& pbstrPortalName, Int32& plWebTemplateId, Int16& pnProvisionConfig, String& pbstrDefaultTheme, String& pbstrDefaultThemeCSSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateCSSUrl, String& pbstrCustomizedCssFileList, String& pbstrCustomJSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateHeaderUrl, String& pbstrMasterUrl, String& pbstrCustomMasterUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoDescription, Object& pvarUser, Boolean& pvarIsAuditor, UInt64& ppermMask, Boolean& bUserIsSiteAdmin, Boolean& bHasUniquePerm, Guid& pguidUserInfoListID, Guid& pguidUniqueNavParent, Int32& plSiteFlags, DateTime& pdtLastContentChange, DateTime& pdtLastSecurityChange, String& pbstrWelcomePage) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.InitWeb() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_WebTemplate() at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPEvaluatorModeProvisioning.TryGetIsSiteProvisioned(String template, String relativePath, Nullable`1 port, SPSite& provisionedSite, SPWeb& provisionedWeb, Uri& provisionedUri) at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.WelcomeForm.ShowNextFormForServerRoleSingleServer() at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.WelcomeForm.PsconfigBaseFormNextButtonClickedEventHandler(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) Does anyone have an idea about this issue ? Thanks in advance, Julien

make sure the farm build from development server is same as server on which you are trying to restore you backup. did you used the same user to restore the backup or are you using two different users go to command prompt and type "Whoami?" check the roles assigned to user in SQL server? check you event viewer--application log, there must be event generating related to restore failure. paste the details here?Visit: http://yagyashree.wordpress.com MCP & MCTS [WSS 3.0/MOSS]

Even I faced this problem.Nothing seems to help.Somebody please throw light on this

I had a similar issue trying to migrate sites from a WSS3 SP2 (32bit) Farm to MOSS 2007 SP2 (64bit). In one farm the setup account was domain\WSSAdmin and the MOSS farm's setup Account was domain\MOSSAdmin. I found that if I switched the Primary Site Collection Administrator from domain\WSSAdmin to domain\MOSSAdmin that everything seemed to work fine. I know that this answer doesn't exactly offer a why but maybe it will work for you too.

I have faced same problem couple of months ago and resolved using this link http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopment/thread/71fb3fcf-3d6c-4879-b4bc-e254ef753073/---- Tahir Khan --- -Exchange Solution Provider- -http://hostautomate.com