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Microsoft Tag – Include in SharePoint and more
Microsoft recently released Microsoft Tag. It took me a second to get my head around the...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 01/10/2009
Blocked File Types in SharePoint
Blocked File Types in SharePoint should be evaluated and considered when planning out Governance or...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 01/07/2009
Windows Vista Language Packs - Uninstall
I recently re-installed Vista Ultimate 64bit on my laptop, but unfortunately I didn’t get control of...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 01/06/2009
Savings for Microsoft Certification
Thinking about 2009, and what Microsoft Certification I may work towards if any. Ideally,...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/26/2008
12 Days of SharePoint
(to the tune of "12 days of Christmas"...) On the twelfth day of Sharing, my SharePoint...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/25/2008
SharePoint Enlists - Sir, Yes Sir!
I came across a recent article that spoke to SharePoint becoming the collaboration tool of choice...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/22/2008
SharingThePoint.com (SharePoint Blog) Go-Live
Today I launched my new blog on SharePoint at www.sharingthepoint.com. All of the pertinent posts...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/21/2008
URL Decoder/Encoder - GUID Converter
What a great little tool by Eric Meyer. Input a nasty looking URL string, and it will make it...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/08/2008
OneNote to rule them all
Okay, silly title but I couldn't resist. :) I'm a big fan of OneNote, and after...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 12/04/2008
SharePoint Administrator dissolves Webmaster role?
I saw a general discussion on a SharePoint forum about SharePoint making the Webmaster role in...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 11/25/2008
SharePoint - a product of many names
Too often I hear SharePoint referenced in conversation, and think to myself "What SharePoint...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 11/24/2008
Failure decompressing data from a cabinet file
In a previous post, Increase maximum size of List Template, I explained how to increase the maximum...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 11/17/2008
SharePoint Designer Licensing
I get asked often how much SharePoint Designer costs, and I never have the answer. I guess I've...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 11/16/2008
SharePoint Event ID 6482: Could not find file 'C:WINDOWSsystem32driversetcHOSTS'.
Typically I won't blog about an error until I've encountered it a few times. Here's an...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 11/11/2008
SharePoint Exception Errors: Event ID 6398, Event ID 6482, Event ID 7076
I had previously written a post about the process in IIS being locked, and therefore sites becoming...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 11/11/2008
SharePoint causes DCOM Errors - Event Id: 10016
Typically after a SharePoint installation when you use separate accounts for the different services,...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 10/28/2008
Disable Weak Algorithms - 128 bit encryption enforced
I recently did an implementation of ISA Server 2006 in a SharePoint farm. The server was being...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 10/27/2008
SharePoint Visio Stencils
I'm doing some architecture diagrams and site layouts for SharePoint, and came across some great...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 10/22/2008
Event ID: 4965 - Publishing Provisioning Error
When enabling the Publishing feature on a site collection, you may encounter an Access Denied...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 10/21/2008
PerformancePoint Install - Failed Windows Server 2003 SP1
I did a presentation last week about Business Intelligence in MOSS. During that, I showed how...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 10/21/2008
What service pack is on my SQL Server?
Quick way to determine which SP is on your SQL Server: "If you are a DBA in a big SQL...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/24/2008
SharePoint Crawl and SQL Server Errors - Event ID: 17310
After setting up a crawl rule to crawl something other than SharePoint sites (such as a file share),...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/24/2008
Change default location for SharePoint Database files: .mdf .ldf
When installing SharePoint, you may have decided you want to keep your data files for the database...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/18/2008
Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client - Error with Vista & Wireless
Recently working with a client and they had a Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client to connect to their...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/17/2008
Determine Which Version of SharePoint is Installed
I've come across this several times, where someone asks me a SharePoint question. Not that I...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/05/2008
WSS Topnav Bar Highlighting - Selected Tab incorrect
I was helping a SharePoint User Group member with a top link bar highlighting problem. Their...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/05/2008
Resolution for Event ID 7888 - Only site admin can access Data Source object from user profile DB
After a recent implementation of MOSS 2007 (least privilege), I was going through the event viewer...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/04/2008
SharePoint Server 2007 Downloadable e-books / content
Microsoft has a good amount of downloadable content for SharePoint. They make some pretty good...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 09/01/2008
Application Template - Feature is not installed in this farm
You may see this type of error if you are creating a site using one of Microsoft's application...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 08/20/2008
Failure trying to sync web application - A duplicate site ID
You may receive this type of error after detaching and reattaching content databases in SharePoint....
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 08/18/2008
New Item icon in SharePoint - change how long it shows
When new items are added to a list in SharePoint, a 'New Item' icon is displayed next to the new...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 08/17/2008
IIS 6.0 No Sites or 'the path specified cannot be used at this time'
If your IIS Manager on a SharePoint server is failing to load the websites for the server, your...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 08/11/2008
STSADM Path - access stsadm at anytime in command prompt
A quick way to access STSADM is to set a Path for the 12 Hive's bin folder. Doing this, you...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 08/06/2008
How to remove a Web Part from the Web Part Gallery
To remove a web part: On the Web Part Gallery page: click the 'Edit' icon that is next to the web...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 08/05/2008
Login Prompt When Opening documents in SharePoint
This is something that will happen to a lot of users when using MOSS and IE7. You can search...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 07/02/2008
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Image (VHD)
I've been asked quite a few times here recently along the lines of, "I want to play with MOSS...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 06/30/2008
GoToCommand - Open Command Prompt on any folder
This registration edit allows you to right-click on a folder, and select Go To CMD. It will...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 06/17/2008
Create a Custom Theme for WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007
SharePoint Out-of-Box Themes If the blue and white default theme for SharePoint does not fit your...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 06/12/2008
SharePointUrlChanger
Buddy of mine (Scott Helm) created a nifty utility for SharePoint that allows you to change url...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/14/2008
Change Name of Server in MOSS Farm
Change alternate access mappings in Central Administration Central Administration > Operations...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/14/2008
Attaching this database requires upgrade
Recently I was onsite with a client trying to recover their WSS 3.0 environment that they completely...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/07/2008
Setting up Live Writer to Blog on Weblogs.asp.net
Joe Stagner has a great post on how to set up Live Writer to blog at asp.net's weblogs. I like...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/07/2008
SQL Script to attach a database
note: this script detaches it first EXEC sp_detach_db @dbname = 'dbnametoattach' EXEC...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 05/07/2008
Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit
The SharePoint product team has released the first version of the Microsoft SharePoint...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/30/2008
MCTS | Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Configuration
I achieved another certification this past week - MOSS Configuration. In my personal opinion,...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/20/2008
Increase maximum size of List Template
If you try to save a list as a list template, you may see the following error due to the list being...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/07/2008
Web Part Page Maintenance - How to Access
I was showing someone yesterday how to view webparts that were on their page and closed, yet not...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/04/2008
Create and Optimize a MOSS 2007 VPC image
I do a lot of demos / presentations on MOSS, and found a couple of steps in this guide very useful...
Author: SharePoint Comic Date: 04/02/2008