iiNet slays Hollywood in landmark piracy case…
Interesting judgement…read at the following link:
February 3, 2010
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The Internet Explorer threat……
Link to an interesting article from Matthew Hardman …
http://blogs.msdn.com/the_hardman/archive/2010/01/20/the-internet-explorer-threat.aspx
January 20, 2010
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Configure People picker to….
Using the Stsadm command-line tool, we can configure the People Picker to display only users that are members of the site collection.
By this configuration, you can add any user from the directory if you know the user name; however, only users that are already added to the site collection are displayed in the People Picker.
The following command turns this configuration on:
Stsadm.exe -o setproperty -url http://server -pn "peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection" -pv yes
and this turns the configuration off:
Stsadm.exe -o setproperty -url http://server -pn "peoplepicker-onlysearchwithinsitecollection" -pv no
This prevents partner users from browsing your user directory through the People Picker. Good stuff…
November 19, 2009
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On Time, in Control…
We had a team training from ADAPT Training Solutions on “On Time, In Control Project”, amazing set of things you can do to manage your productivity using Outlook 2007…sincerely recommend this guys…
November 18, 2009
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Checking in multiple files using SharePoint Designer
If multiple files have been checked out and you want to check them quickly (in SharePoint document libraries), it can be easily achieved in few quick steps using SharePoint Designer 2007 (rather than using the inbuilt check-in feature), here are the steps:
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Open the site in SharePoint Designer 2007
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Select the document library, locate the files you want to check in, in the document library
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In the ‘Folder List’ on the left-hand pane, select the files (using windows standard – shift or Ctrl) you wish to check in. They’ll have a check mark next to them.
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Right Click and choose "Check In" or "Undo Check Out"
This is much simpler than the cumbersome MOSS / WSS inbuilt capabilities…
November 13, 2009
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Saving large list as template…
I was just trying to move a document list from one site to another site, found out the below limitation on the size.
The process I was following was to save the document list as a template along with the content (on existing site collection) and then create a new document list in the required site, based on the newly created template.
Just for the records…need to find a better way of moving the document list…
November 8, 2009
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Hyper-V Gotchas…
I went through the pain of getting the Hyper-V to work on my laptop (was just trying it out…)..
The biggest pain I had was (for my laptop), that it disables Hybernate & Sleep features along with the Bluetooth and Wireless capabilities.
Here are few good references if you are trying something similar.
http://blog.accentient.com/CommentView,guid,86e017d5-0834-4074-8c48-05293aca918b.aspx
Some excerpts from the link above…(thanks to Martin Danner)
Gotchas
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Since Hyper-V is a service that’s always running, it’s more difficult to use VHDs on an external drive. I’ve been told that it is possible to unmount an external drive containing a VHD used by a Hyper-V virtual machine, but I’ve not yet figured out how.
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The Hyper-V role disables sleep mode and hibernate. I’ve seen some blog posts that describe a registry hack to enable sleep mode. But from what I’ve gathered it introduces system instability, so I’m willing to go without these handy features. More info here.
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It used to be that you could not install Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Writer directly. But I’m pleased to report that the Windows Live installer now fully supports Windows Server 2008!
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If you install the Desktop Experience feature (I didn’t – don’t want to waste CPU cycles on it), Windows Vista desktop is not enabled by default, and it’s not at all clear how to get it setup. Here’s a great blog post that walks you through the process.
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Here is another excellent blog post on tweaks to make Windows Server 2008 a better desktop OS.
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Virtual machines configured to run on Virtual PC will need to be reconfigured to run on Hyper-V. This blog post walks through the process.
In here for my future reference…
November 5, 2009
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Top 10 Technologies to Consider for 2010
Interesting thoughts….
November 5, 2009
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Enabling eSATA compability…..
I bought a eSATA external drive from Astone (ISO Gear 481E), I was not able to connect the drive using the eSATA cable (although was able to connect using a normal USB 2.0 cable), I contacted the manufacturer and here is what was required…
To resolve this issue, enable the AHCI driver in the registry before you change the SATA
November 5, 2009
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What is the level of technical knowledge an IT Project manager should have?
Please provide your opinion on the above link…thanks.
November 5, 2009
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