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Windows SharePoint Services is a Web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint has historically been associated with intranet content management and document management, but recent versions have significantly broader capabilities.

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WSS3.0 - DispForm goes “The page cannot be displayed” when accessing through Internet Zone

It happens only when trying to access the item through Internet Zone. The item can be accessed via Intranet zone without problems. What could be the cause?
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Problems creating Groups in WSS

I'm working on a new Sharepoint site and when I tried to create Groups and I clicked the button "Create" nothing happens. I'm also having some permission issues with the IIS WAMREG admin service. ...
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attach content db to SharePoint Server 2010

I need to migrate the WSS3.0 SP2 + Project Server 2007 SP2 based farm to a SPS2010 SP1 + Project Server 2010 Sp1 farm. I create a new farm (new VM on hyperV 2012) SPS2010 based (build 14.0.6028.1000) ...
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SharPoint Central Administration page asking to save

I tried to install WSS2.0 on windows7, installation was successfully but when i try to load the central administrator page, it asking me to save application/x-msdownload file Please help !!
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Hosting custom web services as a virtual directory under a SharePoint web site

I am developing custom web services that will be used in conjunction with a SharePoint site (WSS 3.0). No, before you ask, I am NOT talking about the built-in web services under the _vti_bin directory ...
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Sharepoint 2007: Users cannot delete files from main site but can from a team site

I've been trying to nail down an issue that's come up recently, I suspect due to some changes I made (had my cowboy hat on at the time): All users, including admin, cannot delete files from a ...
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How can we configure WSS 3 to disallow user authentication from select OUs?

I'm working with a web admin who has recently improved our WSS 3 deployment such that selected user OUs (e.g. service accounts, domain admins) in our Active Directory forest are explicitly ...
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can sharepoint search service work with form authentication?

I have windows sharepoint services 2007 installed on windows server 2008. I enabled forum authentication on one of web application. the search is not working , it can't find anything. the search is ...
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Sharepoint 2007 Lists not updated in datasheet view on client machine

I am getting the following error when I try to update a list in datasheet view from a client machine "Cannot connect to server at this time. Changes to your data cannot be saved." I have WSS 3.0 SP2 ...
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how to migrate a wss 3.0 to another server?

My site is WSS 3.0 built in 2009. Now I got a high performance server and I want to move my site to that server. I have installed several dlls into the windows /assembly folder in my old box and have ...
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controls to make extendable zone

I'm making a setting page in my sharepoint site and there is a lot of setting zone in this page , so I'm thinking what's the asp or SharePoint control that make each zone appears just by clicking on ...
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WSS - Filtered Drop Down (Workaround)?

Background info - I'm a Business Analyst for a company providing shared cloud solutions to pharma clients. We use Sharepoint to track multiple things such as Action Items, Service Requests, etc. As ...
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Sharepoint - User getting Access Denied error although has correct permissions

I have a group of users are getting an error 'Access Denied' on a particular page. I've checked permissions for that page and they have contribute rights - they also have contribute rights in the ...
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In-place upgrade from WSS 3.0 to SharePoint 2010 failed

How can I do a rollback after a failed SharePoint upgrade? Or If anyone knows how can I get the upgrade back on track, please advise. Many thanks
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Moving site template from wss to sharpoint foundation

I am migrating my site from WSS to SharePoint Foundation but I have few site templates in the WSS version which I want to know how to move the .stp file to SharePoint Foundation ? Let me know Thanks ...
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Issue management handling in SharePoint

We are using SharePoint for our issue management handling. At the moment, we simply use the standard lists (after some customization) and it works pretty well. We would like some more features ...
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Sharepoint List Event raised when a current view is changed

Is there a event which is raised when current view of a SharePoint list is changed. For example the current view displays all items in the list and now the user selects a different view say Added by ...
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Dynamic View on SharePoint lists

I want to create a dynamic view on my list. The list is filtered based on the current users' information coming from an external database i.e. based on which user is logged in, a value is fetched from ...
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Telerik SpellChecker crashed Site.Help! [closed]

I am using Telerik Rad Editor for spellcheck for my wss 3.0 site. Site has been working all fine, but it suddenly just crashed without any action from my side. I got following error" Web Part Error: ...
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RSS feed not getting updated

Im having the following problem with RSS feeds in sharepoint 2007. When I click on "View RSS feed" for a list or a document library in SharePoint 2007 the feed is not updated. It only shows the items ...
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RSS feed not updated in Sharepoint 2007

When I click on "View RSS feed" for a list or document library in SharePoint 2007 the feed is not updated. It only shows the items which are present on the list when i first clicked on "View RSS ...
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how do I know if the specific list is a document library?

when I'm getting all the lists with my Client program from a specific SharePoint server, I'm getting quite a lot of them, but I'd like to present to the user only the Document Libraries. How can I do ...
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What field contains the “created date” in a SharePoint Search Index?

We need to list documents, list items, etc from a Sharepoint Search Server Express Index by the created date. The problem is we can't find it in the index even though we've tried to map it to ...
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wss or moss: define constants

I em working with wss3.0 and moss. I need to define a constant which is true for wss3.0 and false for moss. I am using the following method to detect whether my custom webpart is running under wss or ...
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I cant upload file in sharepoint 2003? [closed]

I have sharepoint 2003 and I worked for several years, but today I cant upload file in my sharepoint. when I use from document library and peress Upload document Bottom the sharepoint show a Error ...
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Format a URL field of WSS link List

I have a requirement in which I have to append the logged In userid in the url field of the link item in a link list as a querystring. I want to do it through Sharepoint Designer 2007 Let me know ...
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Permissions issue using SPJobDefinition

I have an SPJobDefinition (WSS) that runs each hour. Based on some values, and if met, it adds an item to the calendar list. This calendar list has an event receiver attached to the ItemAdded event. ...
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Hide “Edit Page” menu on customized DispForm.aspx

I have a custom web part (C#) for viewing/editing a SharePoint list, which I have added to the NewForm, DispForm, and EditForm pages for that list. Unfortunately, users with Edit permissions for the ...
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Title link points to portal, not to list

I have an unusual problem. One of my SharePoint lists suddenly displays the title link differently, and we are not sure why. Let's say my SharePoint portal (WSS 3.0) is http://www.futility.com. My ...
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How to set date field to Today's Date in Wss 3.0 Custom list form programatically

How can i pre-populate newitem.aspx form with today's date. When user adds new item i want to prepopulate date field with todays date. <SharePoint:DateTimeControl ID="dtcDateofInsp" ...
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Service Application in WSS 3.0 doesn't save password

i'm trying to set service application account in WSS 3.0 for default application pool which hosts portal site. But when i choose not to use default account and add another managed account, after the ...
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How to doing cashing with list In Moss 2007?

i have no idea that hows to doing cashing in Moss? In my application during page load taking so much time around 20sec. so i want to reduce this time period. Problem is that i have retrieved data ...
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wss 3.0 missing sharepoint list attachments contents

I encountered with one problem where the wss 3.0 site lists attachments contents are missing .Attachments appear in the list but when i click on them, contents inside the attachments are not there. ...
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Can an aspx file used by a CEWP to implement web part list search function live on a subsite instead of at root web?

Here's the deal. I have Design privileges on my department's WSS subsite, and i'm trying to set up search on a few list web parts (as in ...
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SharePoint (WSS 3.0) Edit Page link missing

I have a page used to display our custom webparts that's always worked perfectly until deploying the solution via a custom site template on a new server. On one particular page in a site, the Edit ...
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SPDatePickerControl odd behaviour

I have this application page with the following (simplified) markup: <%@ Page Strict="true" EnableViewState="true" Language="vb" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/application.master" ...
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Using the SchedulePicker Control

I want to be able to reference the inner controls of SharePoint’s (WSS 3.0) SchedulePicker control. I have this (simplified) in my application page: <%@ Page EnableViewState="true" Language="vb" ...
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Intellisense in SharePoint User Controls

I have the following (simplified slightly) at the top of my application page in SharePoint: <%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" ...
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Custom Data Source Control to use in SharePoint Designer

I want to create a Custom Data Source control which can be used to bind any data bindable control in SharePoint e.g. DVWP etc. No, I am not looking for custom navigation source :) What I have done so ...
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WSS3.0 Workflow not attaching itself to items to be started

I have a sharepoint (WSS 3.0) site with several workflows on it. The problem I have got is that it seems all the workflows have unattached themselves from the list items. For example when I go to ...
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How to add Excel web access web part in WSS 3.0

I'm new is SharePoint and struggling with adding web part. I'm using WSS 3.0. I want to add Excel Web Access Web Part, so I go to site Actions -> Web Part Gallery and try to upload .wdp file which ...
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WSS 3 on SBS 2003

I just recently identified that upgrading WSS 2 to WSS 3 on SBS 2003 is not supported. I need to plan the best approach to get a client using WSS 3 with the current SBS 2003 environment. It is a ...
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Warm-up scripts for MOSS/WSS

I'm looking for a comprehensive guide to creating and using warm-up scripts for a SharePoint installation (WSS/MOSS). How do i create one? What should be in it? What not? How does it get run after ...
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Sharepoint - Remove/Hide 'Upload' option on specific document libraries

On WSS, is there a method to disable the 'Upload' toolbar option on a document library level basis. The reason for this is we want to force all new documents added to the library to be created by the ...
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Export/Import a SharePoint List/Document Library

I'd like to be able to export/import (or backup/restore) lists and document libraries only, with versioning and access rights. If it is a custom list (deployed via feature), I understand that the ...
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Wrong order with sharepoint updates

I have installed a hotfix package for Sharepoint and after that I found out that there was another for WSS... I understand that, as long that we have separate hotfixes for WSS and Sharepoint, if for ...