Aug21

Application Template - Feature is not installed in this farm

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You may see this type of error if you are creating a site using one of Microsoft's application templates as the template for your new site. For example, trying to install the HelpDesk site, you would see this error: Feature '75a0fea7-12fe-4cad-a1b2...
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Aug19

Failure trying to sync web application - A duplicate site ID

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You may receive this type of error after detaching and reattaching content databases in SharePoint. In my specific case, I had renamed a database and then reattached it to a web application using the addcontentdb command.  Apparently synchronization...
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Aug18

New Item icon in SharePoint - change how long it shows

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When new items are added to a list in SharePoint, a 'New Item' icon is displayed next to the new item.    So how long is new for you?  1 hour?  1 day?  1 week? 1 month? 1 year?  1 decade?  1 century?  1... okay I'll stop there.  Hopefully in 100 ...
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Aug12

IIS 6.0 No Sites or 'the path specified cannot be used at this time'

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If your IIS Manager on a SharePoint server is failing to load the websites for the server, your SharePoint Timer Service may be trying to access IIS 6.0 at the same time (multiple threads). Microsoft released a hotfix back in January to resolve this...
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Aug7

STSADM Path - access stsadm at anytime in command prompt

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A quick way to access STSADM is to set a Path for the 12 Hive's bin folder.  Doing this, you can type "stsadm" at anytime in a command prompt window to access the operations it provides.  Access Environment Variables Go to your server'...
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Aug6

How to remove a Web Part from the Web Part Gallery

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To remove a web part: On the Web Part Gallery page: click the 'Edit' icon that is next to the web part On the Web Part Gallery: click Delete on the <your web part> page. Then click Ok. If you remove a part from the gallery, it will no longe...
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