for questions completely specific to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
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WSS 3 and external web site authorization : How to know if user is logged in
I am not common with ISS and SharePoint technologies ...
I'll try to explain what I need to do.
There is a web site (call it Site A) running under ISS 6.0 and SharePoint in a Window Server 2003 with ...
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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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WSS3.0 Workflow timer job overloading server?
Everytime I enable the workflow timer job in central admin, our server cpu spikes to 100% and never drops. I have not added any new workflows, is there anyway to figure out which workflow could be ...
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Sharepont alternate access mapping alternative port
I can access my WSS3 server via http://sharepoint, but not http://sharepoint:800, which I require. Ideally I would like both to be accessible. My guess is that there is a conflict between my mappings ...
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Set permissions on an item depending on column value
Is there anyway to set permissions on an item depending on a column value? I was think about creating a feature to do this but do I have to?
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WSS 3.0 site accessible only locally and when using IP address
We recently upgraded from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 R2. During our upgrade we accidentally removed IIS and reinstalled it again and now the site can only be accessed locally and if we try to access ...
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STSADM to sync between a WSS 3.0 site and Active Directory
Is there are a stsadm command that I can execute to sync between a WSS 3.0 site and Active Directory?
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How to replicate newly created views on existing lists?
For example : I have created 2 new views on List A and done some manipulation using Content editor web part on it. Now, i wanted a scientific way to replicate these 2 views on rest of t existing List ...
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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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Forms Authentication - Login prompt opening office documents
I have a pretty common problem with WSS 3.0
When a user logs on to the site using IE 7/8 and opens a word document from a document library he gets prompted for a login / password. At this point, even ...
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Search returning no results after moving to new server
We moved to a new server a few months back and everything seemed to be working fine. But just today someone flagged up that searches never return any results. Everything was fine before switching to ...
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Method not allowed (405) when deploying sharepoint 2007 (wss 3.0) solution from visual studio 2008
I am trying to set up a Windows 7/ Sharepoint 2007 (WSS) / Visual Studio 2008 box. Sharepoint is installed and running fine. I open VS2008 and create a Sharepoint Blank Site. I then try to deploy ...
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SharePoint Designer Workflow stuck at 'Failed on Start(retrying)' when using Windows 7
I am working in SharePoint 2007 WSS 3.0. I've created an InfoPath form which uses a custom workflow created in SharePoint Designer. When I submit my form, the workflow does not trigger but instead ...
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SharePoint Services 3.0 Language
First my apologies for a possibly old outdated question.
Working for a company that doesn't want to spring for the added costs of 2010 SharePoint services, but using SharePoint Services 3.0.
They ...
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WSS content database restoration problem
A while back, I routinely applied a bunch of updates to our Sharepoint server (SBS 2003 / WSS 3). One of these seems to have put the sharepoint installation into a bad state - I could still access ...
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How do I figure out if I have permissions to use site.openWebs without changing code?
I have been newly assigned to a client and I am trying to run an existing console app to get some information about files within their sharepoint instance.
The code goes something like this:
//Enter ...
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What URLs should be avoided for automated scanning of Sharepoint sites?
I work in application security and SharePoint is a new area for me to be operating in. I apologize in advance if my command of the local lingo is lacking.
I recently set up an automated scan of a ...
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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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SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser is null
I have created an ashx and placed it in _layouts folder
I am trying to get SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser in the ashx code but I am not getting it, it is coming out null.
Let me know what could ...
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SharePoint Integration with Team Foundation Server
I am attemping to get SharePoint Portal integrations on Team Foundation Server 2010 x86 running with a standard single server installation on a WinServer w SP2. I can provide any and all information ...
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copy SharePoint file including version history in Windows SharePoint Service 3.0
Is there a way to COPY a SharePoint file including its version history from the Windows SharePoint Service 3.0? I have a file I want to copy but it did not carry over all previous version histories ...
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Sharepoint Task Items
I am using a workflow which generates a task on the creation of new item of list.
I want that task visible to only 'Assigned To' people not the one who create it.
Tell me any way to do this. I have ...
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Usage analysis problem - wss
I have enabled usage analysis processing and logging on my wss central admin site and the status from the stsadm command is showing which means that it is enabled.
I can also see the logs are saved ...
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Check who downloaded the document - WSS
I am using WSS website and I have to check the username of the person who downloads the document. Programmatically or with some built in feature.
Let me know.
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Workflow to update list entries from another list
I am working on a workflow to do the following:
Applied to List: Shutdown Procedure
When "Shutdown" = yes
Update CheckInLog
Set CheckedIn = Yes for Drives that belong to Shutdown computer.
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User permission Problem for workflows in wss-3.0
Im running wss-3.0 on a Windows Server 2003 machine. The User Accounts are AD based.
I made a Calendar List with 3 different Permission Groups.
Users that can only read the list
Users that can add ...
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Sending file from SP2010 to WSS using Work Flow
I would like to send a file from one document library in SP 2010 to another document library in WSS 3.0. I was thinking web services would be the best way to do this. Can anyone point me to the right ...
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Using Web services - could not load type
I have written a bridge between my application and the Sharepoint webservices, to return the data to my project in a useful format. However When any line tries to create a new instance of this ...
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Clone User Permissions for Another User
I have a user that has access highly sensitive information. He is giving a meeting and we want him to use an account that has the exact same permissions as another user. I seem to remember there was a ...
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Error: Report item expressions can only refer to fields within the current dataset scope, System_State, TFS 2010 WSS 3.0 Report Builder 2008 R2
When I add comments to the Burnrate and Burndown reports in Report Builder to the query (dsVelocity or dsBurndown) I get:
Error: The Field expression for the dataset 'dsVelocity' refers to the field ...
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Cannot open file using Edit options
We recently had a few users in our environment upgrade to Excel 2010 and all these users are now experiencing the same problem where they cannot edit files by clicking them in the library or using the ...
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I can send email to wss 3.0 document library inside my domain but cant send email from outside Please Help!
I have Windows server 2008 r2 box with wss 3.0 installed. I recently activated incoming email. First i installed SMTP Service in my server. After that i went to central admin-->operations-->Topology ...
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I cant crawl pdf in wss 3.0. Please Help!
I have wss 3.0 installed in windows server 2008 r2( 64 bit). I have installed ifilter60 in my server and made registry change in \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office ...
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Cannot find a document in the list
I am not able to find a document in the list but I am able to access the document if I am typing the whole URL
Can access it through like : http://www.abc.com/myfiles/doc1.xsl
But when I am opening ...
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PickerDialog box in wss3.0
I need to create a picker dialog box in wss3.0 like the AssetUrlSelector. Can you please tell me how can I use the pickerdialog.master which is present in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft ...
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Visio services in WSS 3.0
Do we have Visio services in WSS 3.0 ?
I mean, do WSS 3.0 provide any kind of support for VISIO ?
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Authenticating a user with WSS3 in WinForms
I'm developing an external application which will integrate partially with Sharepoint, it will basically provide the ability to scan straight to Sharepoint.
I've been using the WSS3 webservices (I ...
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Empty tables in WSS 3.0 configuration database
I've been looking through the configuration database of our WSS 3.0 installation and I've noticed that the Databases, Servers, Sites, and VirtualServers tables are completely empty. And yet the site ...
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HDI: Make my WSS 3.0 farm highly available?
We just rebooted our WSS 3.0 servers for patching, and since the patch had a problem, our Sharepoint instance was unavailable to users for almost three hours. Now we need to redesign our setup so ...
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How can I automate creating 300+ sub sites?
I need to create 300+ sub sites using the Team Site template in a SharePoint MOSS 2007 site collection. I have a list of names I want to basically use a script to create a site for each item. Can I ...
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Add content to Web Part without reloading
I am developing a Search Web Part for a WSS 3.0 site in Visual Studio 2008. The user types in their search criteria, then clicks OK. In the Click event, I am iterating through every Site Collection in ...
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Error when opening sites, default.aspx resource not found
I have a server setup with wss 3.0, and I'm experiencing a problem accessing the home page of any site (default.aspx) or anything listed under the _catalogs folder accross all sites on the server.
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Authenticate wss 3.0 site programmatically
I have an asp.net app which has a hyperlink to a wss site, both sites are in same machine and same iis. When a user clicks that link he is prompted for windows authentication by iis for accessing the ...
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Use WSS 3.0 to connect to Sharepoint 2007
I have the Intranet on Sharepoint 2007 Standard and want to setup a separate server with Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 that would mirror (Just view, no editing) a specific Site. Is this at all ...
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Add username in quick launch link
I want to add current logged userid in link of quick launch bar, with sharepoint designer 2007
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Installed TFS 2010, where is SharePoint Management Shell?
I just did a fresh (single-server) install of TFS 2010, which has all the Sharepoint (WSS 3.0) components. But I want to move the SharePoint log files to a different drive, and all instructions point ...
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WSS 3.0 Uninstall SP 2
Is there any guidance on how to safely rip out service pack 2 for SharePoint Services 3.0? It appears to be causing some problems with designer-based WFs that are self-referencing.
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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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Federate sp2010 search to WSS?
I have a preexisting WSS 3.0 site in production currently. As I stand up a SP2010 instance, search will help bridge the gap during the interim while things are migrated.
The search center on the 2010 ...
