August 2008 - Posts

Disable beeping Sound in Vista/XP/2003/2000
27 August 08 09:05 AM

Do this on your client machine to get rid of the annoying beeps: If you want to disable beeping sounds in Vista/XP/2003/2000 follow any one of the method.These commands assume administrative rights on the PC.Works especially well to hush Terminal Services Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 1 Comments    

Installing and configuring TS Gateway Part 2 (links)
26 August 08 12:32 PM

I got an mail from Bohdan at MS IT, kindly pointing out that I should provide you with som links to the official documentation as well. Of course he is right. Here is what is says: " In particular, it will be good to point to TS Gateway Step-by-Step guide Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 0 Comments    

Installing and configuring TS Gateway.
25 August 08 09:32 PM

This might appear to be a bit off topic, but it is really not. I have found this Windows 2008 role is very useful in my everyday life, doing development and demonstrations on SharePoint, so here we go: A hidden jewel of Windows 2008 server is the TS gateway. Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 2 Comments    

Breakfast session: MOSS and Forms Server
25 August 08 02:32 PM

Next wedensday there will be a breakfast presentation from Microsoft, Acando and Kreftregisteret, in Oslo, Norway. Event overview (Norwegian only) Microsoft og Acando inviterer til frokostseminar med fokus på Microsoft Office SharePoint Server og Forms Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 1 Comments    

Using FAST ESP with MOSS 2007
25 August 08 10:52 AM

In January 2008 Microsoft announced the acquisition of the company Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) . FAST is a leading provider of enterprise search solutions. Since FAST is a Norwegian based company (and continues to be a subsidiary of Microsoft based Read More...

Postedby tommyo | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Sharepoint, MOSS, Search, FAST ESP, Web Parts

Focus on SilverLight 2.0 in NNUG this week
25 August 08 09:00 AM

The Norwegian .NET User Group meeting this Tuesday (26.08.2008) will focus on SilverLight 2.0. The first session will give an introduction to what SilverLight is, and the difference between version 1.0 and 2.0. The second session will explore some scenarios Read More...

Postedby Øyvind Nordnes | 0 Comments    

Social graphing - .NetMap
22 August 08 08:28 AM

Social graphs show how you are connected to other people, and who they again are connected to. This is hot in the social computing, and can easily show who's connected to who. Now there is a set of .NET classes and a Excel template for network graphs Read More...

Postedby Jon Løken | 0 Comments    

The form cannot be displayed because session state is not available.
20 August 08 10:28 PM

If you get this error you have probably forgot to set up your session state in the forms configuration: or you have not set up your share service provider correctly. Happened to me today! :) Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 2 Comments    

VS Extensions for SharePoint in 64 bit?
06 August 08 09:25 AM

Sorry to say but it is not supported. You will have to use a 32 bit environment for development and use the output files on a 64 bit deployment. The reason is that even though VS can be installed in a 64 bit environment, it is still a 32 bit application Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 3 Comments    

IE8 - where did the Dev. toolbar go?
06 August 08 08:59 AM

The dev.toolbar is included in IE 8, so don't expect any stand-alone releases. Read more of the features in IE 8 version and of debugging on: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/03/07/improved-productivity-through-internet-explorer-8-developer-tools.asp Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 0 Comments    

SharePoint.Performance: Optimizing Web Parts
04 August 08 11:20 AM

Here are Eric Shupps top five tips for improving web part performance (feel free to add your suggestions to the comments):   Take Out the Garbage One of the most common mistakes that new SharePoint developers make is failing to properly dispose of Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 1 Comments    

Adding a SharePoint Site Picker to a _layouts Page
04 August 08 11:09 AM

El Blanco has published a nice article on usage of the Site Picker. Nice work and not as easy, as one might de deluded to think, to do from scratch.   http://chrissyblanco.blogspot.com/2008/07/adding-sharepoint-site-picker-to_03.html Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 1 Comments    

Office Online RSS Feeds
04 August 08 11:05 AM

If you want to subscribe to daily updates on all office aspects, go to: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/CH102069101033.aspx and you will get RSS feeds for Office, SharePoint Designer, Publisher, Visio, SharePoint Server ++. Read More...

Postedby Stian Kirkeberg | 0 Comments