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FAST Search for SP 2010: How to check to see if Advanced Filter Pack is enabled
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2 months ago
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This tip came about because we came out with security patch that only affected FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 deployments that have the ‘Advanced Filter Pack’ enabled. By default, it is disabled. My customer wanted to definitively check to see if it...
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SP 2010: When trying to ‘reassign’ or ‘request change’ on Workflow it does not set original task as complete or create another task.
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2 months ago
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Problem: Customer had a site that was migrated from MOSS 2007 to SP 2010, when they would try to ‘request change’ or ‘reassign’ a workflow, it would not set original task as complete and create another task as expected. Troubleshooting: tested other workflows...
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WSS 3.0: PSCONFIG failing
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5 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: Another case of SharePoint Technologies and Configuration wizard (PSCONFIG) failing. Customer was running it via the GUI but it would fail with this message: Troubleshooting: Of course, with this error, the first thing to check are permissions...
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Project Server 2010/SP 2010: Search Service Application in SharePoint does not crawl PWA data
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5 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: My customer discovered that they could not crawl any data from task list within the PWA site collection. I verified that the PWA site collection definitely was listed as a content source within the Search Service Application. This list here:...
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Project Server 2010: Cannot create new issues or risks
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5 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: The first problem was that I am not very familiar with Project Server. Even though SharePoint is required for Project Server, they are different products. After migrating some Project Server 2007 sites to Project Server 2010 a few site collections...
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SP 2010: PSCONFIG fails with missing security updates that are actually installed
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5 months ago
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DHX
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Problem : Customer was trying to run SharePoint Technologies and Configuration wizard (PSCONFIG) to apply some patches to the farm. Although the binaries were already installed, PSCONFIG would fail with a message saying that the some security patches...
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SharePoint 2010: Exception occurred while submitting data into the Stager
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7 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: In the ULS logs we found this error: Exception occured while submitting data into the Stager (tableName=WAQueryFeedback ): System.InvalidOperationException: The given value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type nvarchar...
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SharePoint 2010: Web part errors accessing external web sites
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7 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: Today a string a errors appeared on web parts within a customer’s sharepoint 2010 farm such as: Error loading weather details. Unable to connect to the remote server Check weather service connection. Cannot connect to http://weather.msn.com Resolution...
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SharePoint 2010: No new ULS logs being generated
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7 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: Customer discovered that the ULS logs had stopped generating. Within the Logs file there were files but from an old date. Troubleshooting: I looked in Event viewer and found this: Tracing Service failed to create the trace log file at location...
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Powershell: How to convert a ‘Single line of Text’ column to ‘Multi-line of Text’
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7 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: Customer needed a way, via PowerShell to convert a column from single line of text to Multi-line of text. I first verified that the column they were trying to convert was not the default ‘Title’ column, I would not recommend touching...
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Tough Mudder 2012
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10 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: My job involves me sitting behind a computer and using my brain a lot, therefore, very little physical movement and overuse of my brain. Although I workout regularly I needed a goal to achieve in order to workout the way I used to. And I wanted...
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SP 2010: 500–Internal Server Error after installing Office Web Apps
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11 months ago
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Problem: Customer installed Office Web Apps, runs PSCONFIG and then sees the dreaded 500-Internal Server Error when browsing to site collections in their farm. Resolution: From past experience, I knew this must be a problem with the web.config and that...
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SP 2010: Access Services ‘Unexpected error occurred while running macro’
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11 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: End-user created a web site from the Projects Web Database site template and upon browsing to the home page of that site would receive an ‘Unexpected error occurred while running macro’ message: Resolution: The user did not know it but they had...
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SP2010: Internal server error–500 on My Sites web application
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11 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: This customer would try and browse to their My Site web application but would receive the dreaded 500 - Internal Server error: From my experience, right off the bat I know this is usually a web.config problem. I was given a clue by the...
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SP 2010: Calendar not displaying data when accessing via a formatted URL
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11 months ago
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DHX
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Problem: User clicks on a preformatted URL like this: http://sharepoint/sites/test/Lists/Calendar/calendar.aspx?CalendarDate=4/16/2012 in order to get to a week view of a calendar but no data appears. I verified that data for this week does indeed exist...
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SP 2010: How to redirect InfoPath form to a custom Thank You page
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: Although Info path gives you the ability to create a custom message after submission, lots of users have requested more than that. They haven’t been happy with the way the form just leaves you sitting there in the List, it can be confusing. So...
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MOSS 2007: An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The Object SPWebApplication….SPUpdatedConcurrencyException
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: User could not create a new web application in MOSS 2007. When creating user would receive the following error in both their test and production environments: The following was found in the ULS logs: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration...
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SP 2010: List does not exist
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: When a Site Owner tries to access ‘Manage Content and Structure’ link they receive the following error: Resolution: Although there are probably many causes for this error, we fixed it by enabling Publishing Features on this site Fight Comparison...
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MOSS 2007: User cannot check-in or check-out documents. Receive ‘Cannot perform this operation. The file is no longer checked out or has been deleted.’
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: When checking in a document user receives the following error and is not able to check-in the document: Additional details: · Farms in separate domains. · Able to authenticate to and view sites but we cannot open sites using SharePoint Designer...
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SP 2010: User cannot import spreadsheet or export list to spreadsheet
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: Site owner receives the following error when trying to use the ‘Import Spreadsheet’ option to create a list from Excel within SharePoint. Same error when trying to export existing list to Excel. Resolution: Note: although this...
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Project Server 2010: In FireFox 9.0.1 and 8, when browsing to Project Center (/projects.aspx) “The Web Part requires MS Internet Explorer 7.0” message displayed
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: 1. User browses to Project Center (/projects.aspx) using FireFox 9.0.1 and 8 2. Browser displays “The Web Part requires at least Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0” Resolution: By design, seems that the wording in the technet...
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SPS 2010 - Problem binding SSL certificates on SharePoint servers
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over 1 year ago
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Problem: User had a 4 server (2 WFE/2 APP) SharePoint 2010 farm and IIS 7.0. User was able to install and bind the VeriSign certificate on one WFE but could not see it available for binding in IIS Mgr on the other remaining servers. Resolution: User followed...
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WSS–Search is not working, no results being returned
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: Search is not working on your WSS 3.0 farm. Customer was receiving "No results were returned'. They had one web application and several site collections under it. Environment Details: WSS: build level: 12.0.0.6545 Windows 2003 OS – SP2 ...
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SP 2010: How to copy workflows from one site collection to another
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: Customer needed to copy a workflow from one list/document library on a site collection to another list on a separate site collection. The best way is to create a reusable workflow from the beginning, but in this case the customer had upgraded...
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Kerberos causing continuous prompting
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over 1 year ago
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DHX
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Problem: Customer migrated to new hardware/software, from a SharePoint 2010 NTLM authentication farm to a SharePoint 2010 Kerberos authentication farm. Upon testing the sites, they were continuously prompted for authentication. No account, not even the...
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