SharePoint Designer cannot display the item
You run into ‘SharePoint Designer cannot display the item’ error when you are trying to edit an existing workflow setup
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Windows security prompt. Connecting to SharePoint….
Users often run into this issue. Windows security prompt pops up every 15 minutes or so repeatedly trying to connect
Continue readingUser with Contribute access gets access denied
Only one user with contribute access gets access denied to SharePoint site collection. Every SharePoint admin might have faced this
Continue readingCreate alerts on views in SharePoint document library
This is one of the most frequently raised question or complaint by end users. Why can’t I create alerts on
Continue readingApplication Server Administration job failed for service instance – SharePoint Search error
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance (GUID) – Event 6482, SharePoint Server is popping up in the server
Continue readingThe specified database has an incorrect collation
The specified database has an incorrect collation. Rebuild the database with the Latin1_General_CI_AS_KS_WS collation or create a new database – got this
Continue readingThere was an error opening this document. Access denied – Adobe Reader error
One user started getting this ‘There was an error opening this document. Access denied‘ adobe reader error while trying to
Continue readingEventCache Table in SharePoint Content Database
Every SharePoint content database has an EventCache Table. Changes to the SP objects contained in the content database are logged
Continue readingDocument Conversions Load Balancer Service fails to start after May 2015 CU – SharePoint 2010
After installing May 2015 CU for SharePoint 2010 and running PSConfig,it complains that it cannot start ‘loadbalancerserviceinstance’ and warns you
Continue readingThe upgrade command is invalid or a failure has been encountered – PSConfig error
Running PSConfig after installing updates is a stressful experience(atleast for me). Every time is comes up with a different challenge.
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