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copying folders
 
How large can a folder be to copy to the site?  It seems all of my files are not being copied the larger the folder.
6/23/2009 10:25 AM
 
Unable to delete web application from farm
 
I am trying to delete our one web application and use Avepoint to restor it.  During the deletion I recieved this error.  "An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPWebApplication Name=mhsweb Parent=SPWebService is being updated by ??????\mossservice, in the OWSTIMER process, on machine ???-SHARE-WEB2.  View the tracing log for more information...
6/19/2009 1:22 PM
 
Unbale to open MOSS 2007 document libaray in explorer view.
 
Client is using XP SP2 with IE6 Sp2.
 
As the url lenght increses the explorer view fails with error "page can not be displayed".
 
Unable to find fix for IE6 SP2 to resolve long URL issue.
 
Thanks,
Karan
4/7/2009 7:26 AM
 
Unbale to open MOSS 2007 document libaray in explorer view.
 
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5/29/2009 3:31 PM
 
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3/21/2009 1:47 AM
 
Vinay
 
Just seeing how it works
3/20/2009 3:23 AM
 
Vinay
 
ok
3/20/2009 3:23 AM
 
Sharepoint Read Only
 
I have a document that is buried in the Folders and every time someone opens it, it only only in Read Only mode.
 
We have the same document that is not as deep in the directories and can open it just fine.
 
Is there a limit to the directory structure or number of character to link to the file?
3/9/2009 8:04 PM
 
Using the calendar list on multiple pages
 
I want to have a single calendar list but access it on every page?
I do not know where to start!
2/23/2009 10:15 PM
 
set view permission to specific item
 
In a list there are some items which is not security to be seen to some persons or groups while for other persons or groups it needs to be shown. So how can we do this?
With sharepoint OOB obviously it is not viable. Here is tool called Sharepoint Column View Permission which offers such features.
Visit http://www.sharepointboost.com/columnpermission.html to try it.
Thanks
2/10/2009 2:09 AM
 
A Great Tool Which helps users changing their own passwords
 
SharePoint Password Change contains two Web Parts: Password Change Web Part and Password Expire Warning Web Part.
You can change your own password from Password Change page or Password Change Web Part. To get into Password Change page, you can click the Change password link on Welcome menu.
More information please visit http://www.sharepointboost.com/passwordchange.html
Thanks
2/6/2009 12:56 AM
 
Exporting to Excel
 
All of a sudden I can no longer export a list into Excel. I have tried on Vista with Office 2007 and on XP with Office 2003. My admin has checked all settings and doesn't know why it won't work for me. Other people at my office are able to export. I get a message within Excel that says: Cannot connect to the server at this time. Changes to your data cannot be saved.
I really need to get this resolved...
2/5/2009 7:45 PM
 
Multiple user to one MBD file
 
I am having problem with one microsoft access file for multiple user in a same PC. How to confirgure this.
1/19/2009 9:15 AM
 
MS Access on Sharpoint
 
I created a program using MS Access. The program works great on every computer on our intranet, but we need to be able access it when members of our group are not near their work computer. We have a sharepoint site and I was told that Sharepoint can work like a share drive (which is how we use our access program now) but when I try and open the access program after I have uploaded it onto sharepoint,...
1/7/2009 10:47 PM
 
MS Access on Sharpoint
 
i'm having the same problem -- I can't get Access to load into Sharepoint properly.  Where did you get the instructions to load
Access into Sharepoint?  Can everyone access it at the same time?  
3/12/2009 7:38 PM
 
"file not found" when opening documents in WSS 3.0
 
Good day all,
 
I have two users with the same problem. When one tries to open a document from a document library they get a file not found error. i gave the user coplete access to everything and updated all the software on his machine to the latest and greatest.  This is proving to be a local problem with the client machine rather then a server issue becasue i can log in as the user on...
1/5/2009 12:17 PM
 
Cant Use Windows Explorer to access my Shared Documents Folder
 
Whenever I try to select Actions->Open With Windows Explorer
on the Document Library screen, one of two things happens:
 
1. Nothing. The screen blinks and then nothing happens.
2. Message - your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer.
 
Searching the microsoft help files tells me my URL is longer than 100 characters but I know it's not. mSoft also says I...
12/3/2008 5:38 PM
 
Cant Use Windows Explorer to access my Shared Documents Folder
 
Now that you are using IE 7.0, which is tab-based, your SharePoint program is expecting to open a new Tab in IE.  I suspect you have turned off the Tab view option in IE.  Go to IE Properties and activate the Tabs again and it should work.  The other solution is to revert back to IE 6 (which is what I did).
12/30/2008 2:54 PM
 
upload microsoft access file
 
I am trying to upload a microsoft office access application file (.mbd)  I'm getting error.    It let me load as a zip file.
11/15/2008 11:36 AM
 
upload microsoft access file
 
Typically, MS discourages storing Access files in SharePoint, as SharePoint does not know what to do with the lock file. Only store the file as a ZIPd file intending for the user to deploy the file on a file share or their local drive.
12/21/2008 8:55 PM
 
Problem publishing information from MS Project
 
Hello,
I am trying to publish the project tasks from MS Project 2002 to my hosted sharepoint account, but get the following error:
ERROR
The following files were blocked by the administrator: /isapi/pjdbcomm.dll
10/9/2008 3:07 PM
 
Save Meeting Template with Content.
 
Hello friends,
I am trying to save a Meeting template with all content but this template doesn't have this checkbox option, do you know if is there any trick or way to do it?...
Best regards friends.
9/25/2008 6:25 AM
 
Save Meeting Template with Content.
 
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10/15/2008 9:51 AM
 
Strategy for External User Support ( High Per Proc License Fees!)
 
Has any one come up with a strategy to support external (internet-based) users that need to access teamsites without having to incur the extremely high per processor licensing cost that Microsoft switches to when you allow internet access?  Some options that have been thrownout are: set up the teamsites in WSS, set up a separate 2-proc server that the external users will accesss and license...
9/11/2008 2:19 PM
 
Folder Level Persmission not reflected
 
I have a high level folder named "Personal" (this is just an example). This folder holds Read,View only permissions.
 
I have multiple folders under "Personal" e.g. ASP, CSharp,Flash and so on.
 
When I log on with System Admin account, I have set Contribute, Read & View only permissions (to say Personal Group) to all the folders that exist under "Personal".
...
9/11/2008 6:30 AM
 
Data Sheet View Error
 
I'm getting the following error....not on all my computers.  Wondering if I'm missing some plug-in, add-in etc.??
 
The Datasheet view of this list cannot be displayed. Please wait while the page is redirected to Standard view. If your list does not appear in a few moments, open the list in Standard view
9/8/2008 1:16 PM
 
User Profile Workflow
 
Hi all,
 
I seem to be having trouble attaching workflow to some user profile fields. What i want, for example, is for some fields to need to be approved by the manager before they are saved. i.e joe bloggs edits his profile and tries to update his staff id, then an email get emailed to his manager to deny or approve this change.
 
I cant see how to do this in central admin, and i cant...
9/7/2008 5:14 PM
 
Excel 2003 and Sharepoint 2003 surveys
 
Is it possible to import data from excel 2003  to Sharepoint 2003 surveys? how?
8/28/2008 10:24 PM
 
Test question
 
Hi
8/28/2008 6:12 PM
 
Time
 
Hi..
i have small issue
In mail i am getting an time which is sended through workflow in sharepoint.. which one i donot want..
i want to only date should be displayed...
Help me out
7/11/2008 6:56 AM
 
on windows xp,You are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an sharepoint site
 
I have MOSS 2007. Frequently sharepoint will ask for login credentials when
going to the site, opening a document, etc even though it should be (and is)
getting the credentials from Windows. Usually I can just hit Cancel to the
login prompt and I can get in/open the document or do whatever I was doing.
This does not always happen, however. Sometimes it doesn't prompt me and
lets me through as it should...
5/27/2008 6:17 AM
 
on windows xp,You are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an sharepoint site
 
Depends on if a given site is marked as being trusted. Check your IE security settings to find out what sites might be in a given zone.
5/31/2008 6:30 PM
 
on windows xp,You are prompted to enter your credentials when you access an sharepoint site
 
Make sure the SPS site is part of the Intranet Zone and not Internet Zone. Also, make sure that the User Authentication in Security settings of IE is set to Automatic Logon using current username and password.
8/11/2008 6:53 PM
 
Help in Sharepoint Designer .. IF user A from Department D
 
hello im creating an purchasing portal
this is the scenario :
user post the request and if this user are from Department IT it will
notify the IT manager and ask him to aprove it .. if the user are from
department Admin .. it will notify the Admin manager to aprove it

so i create the workflow using sharepoint Designer .. the problem
is .. the workflow as i see cannot read a column from the user
profile...
5/19/2008 5:09 PM
 
How do I attach a link to a image to launch a different Sharepoint page?
 
I'd like to attach a link to an image that I have placed on one of my pages.  I'm currently using the Image Web part to place the image, but am open to changing the type of web part if that is what it will take to solve the issue.  I'm strictly using Sharepoint, not Frontpage.
5/5/2008 5:04 PM
 
RE: How do I attach a link to a image to launch a different Sharepoint page?
 
You can do this virtually pages and Web part with a simple workaround.
  1. Use the Hyperlink button to create a hyperlink with text only. You can delete the text later.
  2. Place the cursor in the hyperlink and use the Insert Image button to insert the picture.
  3. Delete any or all of the hyperlink text.

The picture is now a hyperlink.

Thanks,
 
Brian
SharePoint End-User Content Team
8/25/2008 8:37 PM
 
Adobe will not load PDF to Sharepoint site.
 
When I create the PDF it asks me where to store it. I have a shortcut to my sharepoint drive and select it. I cannot see the sharepoint folders and Adobe says it cannot connect to sharepoint (other applications can).
4/17/2008 10:52 AM
 
Adobe will not load PDF to Sharepoint site.
 
Hi,
 
You can check if your version of Adobe support WebDAV, which is the protocol which allow to do what you want to do
 
Pierre VIVIER-MERLE
4/17/2008 1:04 PM
 
Web Part Header formatting
 
I want to conditionally alter the style of the web part header, for some web parts i would want to have a rounded corner, whereas for some i want to have the normal rectangle headers.
 
Can anybody try helping me in this.
 
Thanks
4/9/2008 11:13 AM
 
Web Part Header formatting
 
You could use PageLayouts for this. Override the css file for the webpart appearance. So if you create a page of one kind it gets different appearance than other pages depending on the different css file. Just use @import("<path to css>"); in the page layout and you will get a good result.
 
You can read more about branding sharepoint and stuff at http://maghansson.blogspot.com
4/10/2008 11:05 AM
 
Web Part Header formatting
 
Mm, don't know good question
6/24/2008 5:54 AM
 
Restricting Contacts Shown in People and Groups
 
Is there a way in which you can restrict the list of contact in People and Groups?    I understand how to restrict people having access to the subwebs.  My issue is how can I keep the people who use one subweb from knowing who can use other subwebs.  We use subwebs as client workspaces and even knowing who our clients are is an abridgement of their privacy.  I feel certain...
3/31/2008 7:56 PM
 
Trying to hide nav menus of embedded sites in page viewer
 
I use page viewer on my site to display reports from other websites.  I would like these embedded sites to display only the report, not the navigation template/menus.  I had a url modifier that worked for 1 site in particular, but I can't get it to work on any other ones (see below.)  Does anyone have a solution for this?  Thanks!
 
&tabsVisible=false&contentNavigation=false&isStatic=true&fullScreen=true
2/21/2008 4:16 PM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
We are able to edit the fields of a list in sharepoint. However, after exporting to excel, some users are experiencing an issue when trying to edit these same fields and are unable to do so. They receive and error "The [field] is a read-only column that cannot be modified". Permissions appear to be fine and they can edit the list fields fine as long as they are in sharepoint. Any ideas?
2/12/2008 11:47 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
*** The issue is with Excel 2003 and not Sharepoint. If you use Excel 2007 , for exporting to spreadsheet, the fields in the saved files would be editable.
2/13/2008 5:48 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
*** The issue is with Excel 2003 and not Sharepoint. If you use Excel 2007 , for exporting to spreadsheet, the fields in the saved files would be editable.
2/13/2008 5:48 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
*** The issue is with Excel 2003 and not Sharepoint. If you use Excel 2007 , for exporting to spreadsheet, the fields in the saved files would be editable.
2/13/2008 5:48 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
Office 2003 SP3 has this issue. There is a hotfix available:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952608
7/16/2008 9:37 AM
 
Unable to edit in excel
 
WHAT THE FUCK
12/1/2008 4:51 PM
 
Web Part Error
 
Unable to add selected web part(s). One of the properties of the Web Part has an incorrect format. Windows SharePoint Services cannot deserialize the Web Part. Check the format of the properties and try again.
 
This error is come when i am going to add a custom webpart in sharepoint
1/24/2008 4:48 AM
 
Web Part Error
 
yea man
2/3/2008 7:48 AM
 
Web Part Error
 
SDSADSa
2/11/2008 1:39 PM