Hi, when I try to open WSS 3.0 central administration I am getting bellow error, who can help me with this, I searched everywhere ande very few items about this. thanks, Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: The SiteMapProvider 'SPXmlAdminContentMapProvider' cannot be found. Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [HttpException (0x80004005): The SiteMapProvider 'SPXmlAdminContentMapProvider' cannot be found.] System.Web.UI.WebControls.SiteMapPath.get_Provider() +2036735 System.Web.UI.WebControls.SiteMapPath.CreateControlHierarchy() +27 System.Web.UI.WebControls.SiteMapPath.CreateChildControls() +41 System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() +146 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +61 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +224 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +224 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +224 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +224 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +224 System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +224 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3394 Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.4223; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.4223 The SiteMapProvider 'SPXmlAdminContentMapProvider' cannot be found.

In the web.Config file of the central admin add the following piece of code - <add name="SPXmlAdminContentMapProvider" siteMapFile="_app_bin/admin.sitemap" type="Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation.SPXmlContentMapProvider, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" /> If the above tag is already there in the web.config >then try to comment the whole pice off code and check Do an IISRESET and check Regards, Veera

Hi Veera, It is working, thank you very much for your help!! greetings, Nico.

Thanks for the Upadate NicoMArin and happy to hear that its working fine for you, Appreciate if you mark my post as answered if it reallyhelped you. Regards, Veera