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Much has been blogged about SQL Server 2008 / 2008 R2 Antivirus exceptions when using SharePoint 2010, but no one seems to have blogged the SQL Server 2012 exceptions.  That being the case, I figured I might as well be the one to do it.  Below you’ll find a list of all the files. **Important …

The SharePoint breadcrumb is a nice feature to have on your pages. However, it doesn’t appear tidy in certain scenarios. For the case below, we’re going to get rid of the "Pages" library link in the breadcrumb of a publishing site. Normal breadcrumb: My Portal -> Pages -> Test Page1 Updated breadcrumb: My Portal -> …

The following procedure is how you can change the title of a SharePoint ASPX page. Start by editing the page in SharePoint designer – try to go into advanced mode. If the file crashes designer – because SP Designer sucks – then use an alternate editor, such as notepad (what I did was get the …

I was recently asked to delete an orphaned meeting workspace for a client.  I couldn’t find anyone who’d done this before on the old Google box on the internet machine, so I decided to write something for myself, using PowerShell. I did this by using the following PowerShell script (using the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell …

I’ve been asked this several times, and I finally found the answer.  See the post below which describes how to do this. http://farhanfaiz.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/sharepoint-designer-2010-login-with-different-credentials/

A situation arose the other day where we needed to install DLL’s directly into the GAC, and the thing is locked down tighter than … well, insert your best dirty joke here.  Needless to say, where there’s a will, there’s a way.  I will make the disclaimer right now, you should never ever do this!  …

I’ve been asked to take credit for my own work.  I suppose I can do that.  My boss man posted a video here of what our SharePoint portal looks like.  I built most of the picture rotator search page, the mega menu’s, and did a lot to clean-up the branding.  Have a look-see. http://blog.brainlitter.com/2012/05/10/yes-sharepoint-can-look-this-pretty-and-be-this-easy-to-use/

We recently ran into an issue where the Timer Service in SharePoint was complaining incessantly about Event 6872, SharePoint Foundation. A critical error occurred while processing the incoming e-mail file c:inetpubmailrootdrop4dd4690601cd288b00000005.eml. The error was: Access to the path ‘4dd4690601cd288b00000005.eml’ is denied.. To resolve this, you can simply go into the SMTP service (Control Panel –> …

I recently ran into this issue, and found a rather unorthodox way around it.  Note that this unlikely a supported technique, but it should get you up and running.  We contacted Nintex support and they asked all the regular questions, but we simply didn’t have time to waste going back and forth over all the …

I was recently working with a colleague on a SharePoint coding problem involving a ContentTypeId we had assumed was correct, but quickly found out was coming up as something completely unexpected.  We were performing a CAML query in C#, in which were were trying to retrieve the ContentType, and the unique ContentTypeId values.  The values …