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  • Visio Services in SharePoint 2010 – Part 2

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    (Updated 18/01/2011: Apologies Some Content seemed to have got lost!) Quite a while ago I published a blog entry on Visio Services , and recently I’ve picked up quite a few comments asking when Part 2 is going to happen.  Well about 2.5 years after Part 1, comes Part 2 Since Part 1 was… more …

  • Printers are Evil …

    Like many of you in techie land, I hate Printers.  Today I was at Wyre Forest Swimming Club Open meet and the whole event was brought to a stand still for 30 mins by one lousy ancient printer!!!  In celebration of proof that Printers Are Evil … I found this post which, whilst humerous,… more …

  • Terra Nova

    I’m liking Terra Nova.  I know, compared to Outcasts, it’s more … ‘shiny’. It’s also more entertaining, got more action, better story lines, less soul searching, less navel watching and better looking women …   I know. I’m shallow, and easily pleased by the moguls at Hollywood, the sort of viewer they dream of. You know what.… more …

  • SetSectionLinks() and “Object reference not set to an instance of an object”

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    OK, this was driving me insane … About 4 weeks ago I noticed on my development SharePoint farm, that whatever list I went to, whenever I tried to view the List Settings I would get the error below: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]    Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.ListEditPage.SetSectionLinks() +426    Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.ListEditPage.OnLoad(EventArgs e)… more …

  • An exception occurred when trying to issue security token:

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    OK, I bet your bottom dollar at one time or another you’ve had this error in your ULS Log when you get an “unknown error” on your SharePoint farm: An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error.  For more information… more …

  • Configuring Kerberos for SharePoint. A Couple of Tips …

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    I’ve been back in the Kerberos Configuration Groove lately. Yes that, multi-step process which foxes so many people.   If you have to engage in this process then I recommend a few things: If you’re not already aware of it I strongly recommend that you download  a copy of the “Configure Kerberos Authentication for SharePoint… more …

  • A Quantum Of Computing is Online …

    I went up to Aberdeen in September to present to a BCS meeting “Quantum of Computing” talk, all about Quantum Computing.  It seemed ot go down pretty well, and they filmed it.  I was informed by Norman Bain who runs the BCS up there that the video has now been put online, so here’s the link… more …

  • “User Does Not Have Permission to Perform this Action”

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    One of those really annoying messages which gives little or no hint as to what user is having the issue.  I saw this when using ULS Viewer to check for other issues I was having with a SharePoint farm. IOWSTIMER.EXE (0x09A8) 0x0C20 SharePoint Foundation Database 5586 Critical Unknown SQL Exception 297 occurred. Additional error… more …

  • Powershell for PowerPivot Service Application …

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    Powershell for PowerPivot seems to be a bit of a mish-mash really.  There appears to be no way to provision a PowerPivot Service Application using Powershell which doesn’t use the Default Application Pool, and as far as I can see there appears to be no way to change the name of the Service Application… more …

Meet the blog host, Dave Mc.

Dave Mc muses about history, travel, writing, coaching, technology and life, family and the world around us. You may agree with his opinions, you may not, that’s life …