Optimized power plan on Windows 7 In the downloads section on the support pages on http://www.hp.com  for my HP EliteBook 8730w, I did found that HP is offering something called “System Default Se...

When you are customizing a SharePoint list with a custom schema.xml file, you may also want to set the ViewStyle for your View. You do that by adding a element within the element. For exampl ID ...

This was unexpected, and not documented at all in the SharePoint SDK. When you create a UserMulti column, you must also specify Mult=”TRUE”, otherwise it will fall back to a standard (single selec...

This error can be caused by a variety of reasons. In my case I got it when I published my ASP.NET MVC 2 application to my local IIs instance in IIS 7.5 / Windows 7. As it turns out, I needed to se...

If you want to see all the settings you can adjust in the Control Panel in one window, do the following: On the desktop, create a new folder and name it: All Settings.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-9971...

Target 32bit and 64bit .NET applications This post will explain how you can build msi packages using WiX for both 32bit and 64bit platforms.  The goal is to create 2 different msi packages. One fo...

Solution still deployed after retracting You maybe have stumbled upon this scenario: Solution still deployed after retracting it. After you have retracted your SharePoint solution in Central Admi...

You may have encountered an issue when trying to activate your copy of Windows Server 2008 R2. Select Activate now. Select Activate Windows online now. You get this error message, with Err...

If you get access denied when trying to access the User Profiles and Properties page in SharePoint Central Administration, you need to add the account you are using to the Manage Profiles in Share...

If you want to remove the two links at the top of the page, My Site and My Links, follow these steps: Start the Central Administration web application. Click the “Shared Services Administration” ...