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Want MSN Messenger 2009 Beta on your Windows 2008 Server?
Categories: General
If like me you run your laptop as a Windows 2008 x64 Server, you find that lots of things can't be installed, like MSN, Live Writer etc. For the previous version you could copy the raw installation files from a normal workstation that had it insta.....
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The path specified is being used in a substitute
Categories: Duffer Moments, Development, XSL, SharePoint, Office System 2007, Errors
I got a very weird error this morning while working with some XML retrieval from SharePoint. I was getting the following error: The only reason I got this is have written an error handler for the web part that outputs the stack trace to the s.....
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Weird Error: SharePoint API List Items XML and Word
Categories: Development, XSL, Office System 2007, SharePoint, WSS, Errors
During some work I have been undertaking recently I hit a problem when trying to retrieve XML data from SharePoint Views of a List. For this work I simply connected to the views using a simple XMLTransform and render this out. Most lists worked we.....
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Caching Data in Web Parts
Categories: Development, Office System 2007, SharePoint, XSL, WSS
There have been a couple of posts published recently about caching data within web parts. http://blog.thekid.me.uk/archive/2008/09/23/sharepoint-caching-and-cachedependency.aspx http://www.zimmergren.net/archive/2008/10/07/web-part-caching-%E2.....
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Fantastic Framework Released
Categories: Development, Office System 2007, SharePoint, XSL, WSS
I have just been catching up on some blog reading and came across the new ARF (Alternative Rendering Framework for SharePoint) by Vince Rotherwell has been released. I suppose for those of you who have used the CKS:EBE then you will be know how usin.....
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Media Player Web Part *New*
Categories: Development, Office System 2007, SharePoint, WSS, Personal Projects
A while ago I wrote a web part that allowed the playing of "WMV" files inside of SharePoint. Since then I have been playing with it again and have changed it slightly. It is not ready for anyone to use yet as it is in a very "rough .....
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Twitter and Tweetdeck bring out the Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour
Categories: General
What can I say, Twitter is great. I am slightly obsessed with it at the moment, ever since I downloaded tweetdeck. Today I have used it quite a lot and keep finding tons of people to speak to and follow. The best feature is the ability to have loc.....
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Is SharePoint Secure? What can we do?
Categories: Business, Office System 2007, Security, SharePoint
The golden question I get asked on almost a daily basis is the following: "How secure is SharePoint, it is a Microsoft product after all, and of course Microsoft and Security don't go hand in hand." How bizarre is that statement!! Fi.....
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Weird Search Server Express Error
Categories: Errors, Fixes, Search Server, WSS, Administration
While working on a project yesterday we faced a weird error with our search. The system I am currently working on is a WSS v3 Only Farm with Search Server Express added in. Everything was working fine until we accessed the following URL: Depe.....
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CKS:EBE Secure Pages Problem
Categories: Business, CKS, SharePoint, WSS
Just a quick note to apologise for locking out some of the posts on my blog. After some investigation the issue seems to arise from using search to find content when the "enable secure system pages" option is checked in the CKS:EBE setti.....
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