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Presence icon missing in Site Users webpart

Problem The presence icon is missing in the Site Users webpart. Solution Verify that Microsoft Office is installed on the client computer. Verify that Additional actions and Online Status for members is enabled in the General Settings for the Web Application. Verify that the SIP Address in the SharePoint user information has a value.

Determine service pack version in SharePoint 2010

If you want to get Farm information e.g. configuration database version, configuration database server, SharePoint products installed go to Central Administration > System Settings > Manage servers in your farm (/_admin/FarmServers.aspx). If you want to view the patch status for products installed on servers in the farm, go to Central Administration > Upgrade and Migration > Check Product and patch installation status (/_admin/PatchStatus.aspx). If you want to view the upgrade status for databases in the farm, go to Central Administration > Upgrade and Migration > Review database status (/_admin/DatabaseStatus.aspx).

The form cannot be submitted because of an error

Problem I created a reusable approval workflow in SharePoint Designer 2010. I initiated the workflow. Then when I filled in the Assigned To field I got an error pop up saying: "The form cannot be submitted because of an error". Solution Uninstall the KB2553322 for SharePoint Designer. I didn't uninstall KB2553322 for Microsoft Office. Restart SharePoint Designer. Recreate the workflow.

Hide-SPView

This cmdlet sets a view to hidden. Parameters: SiteCollection url. Edit $listUrl and $viewUrl to your own values. param([string]$url) param([string]$url) [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint") function Get-SPSite([string]$url) { New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($url) } function Hide([string]$url) { $SPSite = Get-SPSite $url $listUrl = "/Lists/Tasks"; $viewUrl = "Lists/Tasks/byowner.aspx"; foreach($oWeb in $SPSite.AllWebs) { Write-Host "############ ###################"; Write-Host "Web: " $oWeb.Url; [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList]$list = $null; [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPView]$spView = $null; try { $list = $oWeb.GetList("$($oWeb.Url)$($listUrl)"); } catch [Exception] { Write-Host "The list does not exist" -foreground red; $oWeb.Dispose(); c...

Access denied when editing the content source

The problem You get access denied when you try to edit the content source in Microsoft SharePoint 2007. I ran into this error after I changed the "Farm Search Service Account". Application error when access /_layouts/searchsspsettings.aspx Error=Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) The cause could be WSS_WPG group account does not have the correct permissions to the %windir%\Tasks folder on the computer that is running the indexing service. Fix the problem Add the WSS_WPG group to the Tasks folder. Log on to the servver that is running the indexing service with an account that has administrative permissions. Do the following step (2) if you don't have the security tab in the properties section of the %windir%\tasks folder: At the command prompt, run: attrib –s %windir%\tasks Note: If Windows Explorer is open when you make this change, you will not see the extra tab in Windows Explorer. If Windows Explorer is already open, ...