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Chad's Eclectic Tips and Tricks
Tips some days, not everyday, mostly Windows & SharePoint from Chad Schultz - Premier Field Engineer
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How to keep up with the latest support KB articles and hotfixes
Chad Schultz - MSFT
There are a few ways to keep up to date with the latest support KB articles and hotfixes for Microsoft products. One way is to find someone who takes the time to track down the latest hotfixes and post the links to the KB articles. One such place is Yong Rhee’s blog, he takes the time to update...
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7 Aug 2014
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Tip 53: You set it up, but did you check it? Confirming Windows Network Load Balancing
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is will show how you can verify that Windows Network Load Balancing is working after configuring 2 or more servers to load balance. I will show this example in Windows 2008 R2, but any version of Windows NLB will be similar. I will use 2 servers, 1NLB2K8 and 2NLB2K8 as the hosts for my NLB...
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2 Nov 2012
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Tip 44: How Fast is That Download in the Window
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows Vista, 2008 RTM, 2008 R2 and 7. Your Internet Explorer download window may be lying to you. If so, how can you tell? Your Youtube video is taking forever to play, or is stopping. How fast is your connection? Sure, you can try one of the download speed tests, but do you really...
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11 Aug 2011
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Tip 33: Branch Cache and SharePoint 2010, or How to Make SharePoint Fast over Slow Networks
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 when running on Windows 2008 R2 and browsing SharePoint on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 and up. My internal training in the next version of SharePoint has sparked some intriguing thoughts around what will be possible in the near...
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19 Mar 2010
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Tip 11: Troubleshooting SharePoint Events Log Entries with EventTriggers.exe
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0/3.0, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Server 2010 and really any Windows computer, XP and up which is writing an Event Log entry that needs investigation. If you have ever...
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2 Dec 2009
Blog Post:
Changing the Game
Chad Schultz - MSFT
If anyone is out there and reading this, you may have noticed the scarcity of tips lately. Expect some new content in the future as I have moved on to a new position, Premier Field Engineer. I will be focusing on Platform Performance, so expect some good stuff on Windows, Performance and Reliability...
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1 Jun 2011
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Tip 19: Keep Track of That Application Pool
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0/3.0, SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and may apply to SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010; when running on IIS 6.0 or IIS 7.0/7.5 with the IIS 6 Management Compatibility role services installed...
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12 Dec 2009
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Tip 36: SharePoint Search Server Name Mappings
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 , Search Server 2008 , SharePoint Server 2010 and Search Server 2010 Express . Need to return search results with a different URL than the URL that was crawled by SharePoint? You can do this using a Server Name Mapping in the search settings...
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16 Jul 2010
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Tip 13: What’s Old is New
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows SharePoint Services 2.0/3.0, SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and may apply to SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010. Here is a tip for those of you who want to interface with a SharePoint without programming against...
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4 Dec 2009
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Tip 29: X-Header Marks the Spot
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 , Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and may apply to SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 . Although it is a good practice to manage the RFC 2822 header fields, or X-Headers in your email system, SharePoint does use some X-Headers...
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12 Jan 2010
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Tip 50: It ain't Easy Being Green. Saving Power in Windows
Chad Schultz - MSFT
powercfg /L - list power schemes powercfg /Q - list subgroups and settings powercfg -SETDCVALUEINDEX <scheme guid> <subgroup guid> <setting guid> <value>
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15 May 2012
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Tip 55: Shutdown Windows 8 Fast
Chad Schultz - MSFT
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30 Jan 2013
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Tip 47: One Windows System Stability Index Score to Rule Them All
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows Vista, 2008 Server RTM and up. Since I talked about Wbemtest.exe and Windows System Stability Index in the last posts I thought I would do something useful with the treasure trove of reliability information available through WMI. Usually the System Stability Index is shown...
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27 Mar 2012
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Tip 41: The Phantom of the Session 0
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows Vista, 7, 2008 and 2008 R2. Windows Vista introduced session 0 driver and service isolation. To understand why this is cool, see the following article; http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463353.aspx . When a program running in session 0 displays a window...
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21 Jun 2011
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Tip 42: Viewing Detailed Windows 7 Wireless Information
Chad Schultz - MSFT
Happy 802.11 day! This tip is for Windows Vista, 2008 RTM, 2008 R2 and 7. If you work on a laptop, you will have undoubtedly run into the following scenario. You try to connect to the work WiFi network, only to find that you cannot get connected, but other people are connected only feet away. So then...
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3 Aug 2011
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Tip 1: The right way to upgrade to a SharePoint Service Pack or Update
Chad Schultz - MSFT
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16 Nov 2009
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Tip 31: The 411 on 401s
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip pertains to all versions of SharePoint and no versions of SharePoint. Again, it is really more of an IIS troubleshooting tip. Since you have gone through Tip 30 and enabled all of the extended logging options in IIS you will not doubt have access to the “Protocol Status” and “Protocol Substatus...
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8 Feb 2010
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Tip 54: The Benchmark is Within, Run WinSat without the GUI
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows Vista , Windows 7 and Windows 8 . The Windows Experience Index is a performance measurement that can be used to judge how well a PC will run Windows. The value of the index starts at 1 to 5.9 for Windows Vista and 1 to 7.9 for Windows 7 and 1 to 9.9 for Windows 8. The higher...
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12 Nov 2012
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Tip 46: Is This Computer Junk? Windows Reliability Index and Reliability Monitor
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Windows Vista, 2008 Server RTM and up. How reliable is a computer? Most of the time if you ask this question, you will get a subjective answer; depending on the how the day is going of the person you posed the question to. If you are a support professional and have been for any amount...
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9 Mar 2012
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Tip 5: Use a SQL Connection Alias
Chad Schultz - MSFT
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20 Nov 2009
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Tip 6: Browsing to a Document Library
Chad Schultz - MSFT
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23 Nov 2009
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Tip 23: Use SharePoint to Research SharePoint
Chad Schultz - MSFT
Warning, this may create a space-time paradox , but the risk is worth it because of the payoff! Also, this tip pertains to all versions of SharePoint and no versions of SharePoint. I recently seen that the WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Technical Libraries were updated and available in .chm format from...
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21 Dec 2009
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Tip 39: Set Visual Upgrade Back to Previous Version Part Deux
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for SharePoint Foundation 2010 , SharePoint Server 2010 and Search Server 2010 Express . So you have your heart set on the WSS 3.0/MOSS 2007 look; I know, how could you not just looooove it? But have just installed a fresh new SharePoint 2010 farm. Or, you have visual upgraded your sites...
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9 Sep 2010
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Tip 25: Check Up On Your Web Services
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Just like a teenager, the Office Server Web Services need checking on from time to time as they both tend to get into trouble when left to their own devices. So what are the Office Server Web Services? When would you want to check them and...
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5 Jan 2010
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Tip 38: SharePoint 2010 Enable Visual Upgrade on Sites with PowerShell
Chad Schultz - MSFT
This tip is for SharePoint Foundation 2010 , SharePoint Server 2010 and Search Server 2010 Express . When upgrading to SharePoint 2010 from WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007 or Search Search 2008 there are some choices on whether or not the administrator wants to upgrade sites to the new SharePoint 2010 look and...
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26 Aug 2010
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