Hello readers. I need some help with a very strange problem I have come up to at a customer farm.
The error that I am researching occurs when SharePoint crawls the default content source which is, in my test farm, a normal non-edited publishing portal. The error that appears in de crawl log is “The crawler [...]
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In the next couple of weeks I am getting into Infopath again. I think that I am going to do lot with web services so here is a post with links to all the SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 web services.
SharePoint 2007
SharePoint 2010
Found a useful script to remove the “This Site” option from the search drop down list in SharePoint 2007. Here it is (add this to your masterpage):
<script type=”text/javascript”>
function SearchScDDLInj()
{
var srhScDDL = document.getElementById(”ctl00$PlaceHolderSearchArea$ctl01$SBScopesDDL”);
srhSpDDL.remove(0);
}
SearchScDDLInj();
</script>
Thanks to Saras Tech Blogs
On Stefan Gossners blog I saw that the August CU for SharePoint 2007 AND 2010 is available. Find more information on his blog.
Downloadlinks:
WSS 3.0
MOSS 2007
SharePoint Foundation 2010
SharePoint Server 2010
SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server
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The STS3S protocol is used for crawling SharePoint content that is exposed using SSL, without having to have URL links that lead to every possible content item in the web site. This protocol is used to index WSS 3.0 server farms using SSL (which MOSS 2007 is layered on top of ) STS3S protocol achieves [...]
Only until now I realize that there is a dependency between the user information list and crawling the site. After a full crawl the user information list is updated with information in the User Profiles.
In a customer farm there are some accounts in the Imported User Profiles list where the display name is in the [...]
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Cumulative Update June 2010 for SharePoint 2007 is available. It is build 12.0.6539.5000 and you can get it here. Request the hotfix immediately here.
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This is a post without a solution (yet). I’m always having some kind of trouble with installing this SharePoint 2007 service.
I use these settings:
The description with this service states that: To use the Directory Management Service you need to provide the SharePoint Central Administration application pool account with write access to the container you specify [...]
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Found this on the Nintex forum: Because you can’t copy the hyperlink on the “Export to spreadsheet” link on SharePoint lists, here is how you can create your own hyperlink.
http://[Server]/[Site]/([Subsite]/)_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?C
S=109&Using=_layouts/query.iqy&List=[ListGUID]&
View=[ViewGUID]&CacheControl=1′
Replace the [Placeholders] with your environment’s information. A handy way to get the list and view GUIDs is to go into “Modify Columns and Settings” then [...]
I had to install, not for the first time, the Report Viewer and Report Explorer web parts at a client farm. Last time I did not write down what I had done so that is why I post it here.
It is very simple. The cab file that contains this web parts can be found here:
C:\Program [...]

