Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

Well, what do ya know?  Apparently, Microsoft loves, my love for SharePoint (and all those other related things I do – SharePoint, Windows Server, Exchange, SQL, IIS, ASP.NET – you know, all those things that SharePoint works with – I think I was ‘built’ to be a SharePoint Guy).     I was awarded with …

Download link to get your free SharePoint Designer is here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42   So, that’s great.  But then again, now that means folks that haven’t been trained can cause more grief than usual – so, as people can get into mischief, locking down the ability for Designer to connect to a SharePoint site is a worthwhile …

Ok, I’ve run into this enough times now, that it is time to write it down once and for all so I can find it and refer to it quick in the future.   If you are trying to use a CheckPoint VPN client and you are behind a Dlink, Linksys or other SOHO Class …

When moving a workstation from one domain to another, the existing profile won’t load obviously (with all of their previous settings such as wallpaper, and other personalization’s and local profile data) and the default user profile will take effect for the new user… While there are automated migration tools you can use, they are often …

John Manderson, a terrific fellow in Bermuda that I’ve known for some time, wrote this really nice referral for me on Linked In and I just had to share it.   Dear Sean, I’ve written this recommendation of your work to share with other LinkedIn users. Details of the Recommendation: Sean is first class, top …

Note, this is an exerpt from an email I got, that was regarding Michael Sampson’s new book ‘Seamless Teamwork’.  So, although it echoes my own thoughts on the subject, I didn’t write this, but thought it was worthy of a quick blog post.   Industry analysts have identified SharePoint as a key technology to help …

Many error messages/pop-ups since Windows XP came out, are *clipboard friendly*. Thus, if you get an error message like this…     The trick/deal is, you can press CTRL+C while it is open, and capture all that text, so that you can put *accurate* entries into Google or wherever you might want to search, for …

Over the years, I’ve seen lots of talk on the use of long passwords and complex passwords, etc. and I’ve narrowed the noise down to two options, that we recommend to our clients (and I tend to lean towards the 2nd option). In order to maintain good security (and to satisfy management security concerns), we …

Another standard (and neat NotePad trick) at itgroove. Pop-up Change Control prompts for servers.   Here’s the deal… Installation 1. On every server, you place the (TWO) txt files (compressed in the ZIP), in the All UsersStartup folder (I’ve put a copy of these files on my Blog at: /wp-content/uploads/brainlitter/brainlitterarchive/sharepoint/SharePointDox/Change%20Control%20Text%20Files/CopyToAllUsersStartUp.zip. – Windows Server 2003 and …

The article below, turned out to be very useful, for when you need to configure SMTP Relay, on an Exchange 2007 Server (single server, no EDGE). It’s not as straightforward as it once was, that is for sure, though I like the idea of making it a bit more difficult, to avoid mistakes.   Very …