ULS Viewer stops working
If ULS Viewer suddenly stops reading from the ULS log, the quick fix is to move all the log files to another folder. Except for the last log file which Explo...
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FBA Custom Sign In Page returns 401 Unauthorized error
If you’ve built a custom sign in page in SharePoint 2010 but keep getting a 401 Unauthorized error instead of the sign in page then you’ve most probably depl...
FBA Configuration Manager for SharePoint 2010
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Limit SQL Server memory usage on your workstation, laptop or VM
Here’s a neat tip I learnt over the weekend.
Feature differences between SharePoint 2007 Enterprise and Standard for a Publishing Portal
I recently had to deploy a site template that was built using SharePoint Enterprise Edition 2007 on an instance of SharePoint Standard Edition 2007.
SQL Server 2008 Service Weirdness
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SharePoint 2010 Service Manager
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Visual Studio 2010 Installation Issue – Setup Failed with HRESULT -2147467259
If you Visual Studio 2010 setup keeps failing when it tries to install the Visual C++ runtime, here’s a quick fix for you.