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This product requires Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5

Microsoft released Hotfix for the issue. Please check the below link https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stefan_gossner/2016/09/14/sharepoint-2013-installer-now-supports-net-framework-4-6-and-above/ ...
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Installing SharePoint Designer 32-bit versus 64-bit

Sharepoint designer consider as a part of the office family so that its version should match with other installed office products. In your case you have 64 bit of Windows and 32 bit of office so you ...
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Register-SPWorkflowService : Failed to query the OAuth S2S metadata endpoint

I had this issue in past when configured the workflow manager. In my situation, I ends up doing the following. I removed the workflow manager service application using this command...Get-...
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SPFx webpart not updating with latest spkg uploaded

Realized my mistake, I was directly executing the following command: gulp package-solution --ship Then I executed the folowoing set of commands and it worked this time: gulp clean gulp bundle --...
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unable to install SP1 for my sharepoint designer, error "The expected version of the product was not found on the system"

Open Command Prompt use below command C:\path_of_download_directory\spdsp2013-kb2817441-fullfile-x86-en-us.exe PACKAGE.BYPASS.DETECTION.CHECK=1
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Rest API stop working due to "minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService"

This issue occurs if the available memory on the web server is low So Try to restart Sharepoint search host controller in windows service to release all the leaked memory and consumed memory ! Or ...
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what should -SPSite & -WorkflowHostUri refer to when configuring Workflow manager for sharepoint server 2016

To register a workflow service to a specific site collection you should run Register-SPWorkflowService cmdlet that requires providing the below parameter values -SPSite it denotes to the site ...
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Is there any harm if I install SharePoint designer on live SharePoint server

As a recommended approach, you should not install the SharePoint Designer on the SharePoint server, reason is same as you mentioned. SharePoint Designer is client application and you can connect to ...
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"Site Pages" library was created automatically

'Site Pages' library will show up when you activate the 'Wiki Page Home Page' feature under the Manage Site Features in Site Settings. I am not sure if it has any link with designer though. Could be ...
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Removed Farm solutions using (Remove-SPSolution) are still showing inside my site collection "Site features"

Completing removing a solution requires two steps: Retracting the solution (can be done from the the CA, or with Uninstall-SPSolution) Removing the solution (also, can be done from the CA, or ...
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what is the recommendation about installing Sharepoint security updates

There is no "official" recommendation from Microsoft to always install the latest CU for SharePoint. SQL Server has such an advice. BUT: If you open a Microsoft Support Case, you will get told to ...
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HowTo setup a SharePoint development machine

First of all, you should check the Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2013 based on your SharePoint edition and match this with your machine. Regarding which roles to activate on the ...
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Delete Default Web Site before install SharePoint server 2016

You can either delete the Default IIS web site or at least stop it.it use the default port 80 & 443. Which conflict with sharepoint many time. If you notice when Sharepoint installed on a server ...
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How to generate a .wsp file for my Event Receiver using visual studio to be deployed inside my live environment

The above answer is correct or you can have another option as- Delete the .WSP files from the \bin\Debug folder and rebuild the solution. You can find the current/updated date to the WSP. Or You can ...
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How to generate a .wsp file for my Event Receiver using visual studio to be deployed inside my live environment

First off, a SharePoint solution package file is actually a cab file with a .wsp extension. If you switch the extension to .cab, you can open the file and extract the contents so you can examine if ...
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Sharepoint 2013 Installation Error issue while installation

Have you restarted your machine? If not then please restart the machine. It is strongly required. After restarting the machine, try to run SharePoint setup, it will install without any error. After ...
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Rest API stop working due to "minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService"

As Qassas mentioned you have to check the resources on the server. check which process is consuming the memory alot stop all the services / app pool which are not being used. to free up memory if you ...
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Sharepoint Foundation 2013 Installation on Windows 10

SharePoint 2013 cannot be installed on a client operation system. It can only be installed on the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter or ...
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Installing latest updates for my RTM sharepoint 2016 server

As farm is not configured then best way is install the latest updates then configure it. Yes there is change in sharepoint 2016 patching, For SP 2016 MSFT release two files every month. You have to ...
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Sharepoint 2016 on-premise patching process. will there be separate sharepoint secutiy updates

The below is answer for your question. 1: Yes Microsoft releases patches every month starting from April 2016. 2: SharePoint 2016 CU Software updates include any update, update rollup, service pack,...
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How do I verify SharePoint 2013 farm installation and configuration?

This listing won't likely be a complete, but I'd attempt to do the following: Verify the latest installation was configured successfully. PSConfig, which is also known as "Configuration Wizard" of ...
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Sharepoint 2019 unable to install patch

This is not normal behavior of SharePoint 2019. I see two possible fails on this machine: SharePoint Server 2016 was previously installed. You might check if something from SP2016 is left in appwiz....
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This product requires Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5

Download this .zip and extract .dll to SharePoint2013 updates folder and run setup again.
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"Site Pages" library was created automatically

When you open site in SPD there's always Site Pages navigation node and it doesn't matter if you have Site Pages library currently or not. But if you don't have it and just accidentally click on this ...
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Build from scratch SharePoint 2010 Server Guide?

You should be aware of the following points before you start. To install SharePoint 2010 with Windows Server 2012 R2 , you will need to download and install SharePoint 2010 With Service Pack 2 for ...
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How to generate a .wsp file for my Event Receiver using visual studio to be deployed inside my live environment

Delete the old .wsp file from \bin\debug\. Rebuild and Publish the solution You will get latest WSP file.
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How to install sql 2008 R2 reporting service AFTER SP2010 is installed?

To install reporting service feature after SharePoint and project server are installed , you just need to add a new feature (reporting service feature) to the current existing instance by doing the ...
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