Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 - the trip out

by Shawn October 18, 2009 05:45
It 10am EST and I am on a flight out of EWR heading towards Vegas. Nothing like to noreasters to make a flight out interesting.

This week is already looking to be filled with a lot of fun and packed with new goodies from Microsoft regarding the upcomming SharePoint 2010 release.

As the week unfolds I'll be posting all sorts of good stuff so stay tuned.

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Update to TopProcess gadget

by Shawn October 13, 2009 04:00

Here is a small update to the TopProcesses gadget.

Changes

  • Reduced font size

TopProcess.gadget (46.56 kb)

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Windows | Windows 7

RDP Gadget for Windows

by Shawn October 13, 2009 03:58

Here is an updated version of the popular frxRDP gadget with a few tweaks and bug fixes

  • Supports additional resolutions
  • Fix to "Console" feature so that it works with Vista/Windos 7
  • Slight code cleanup

RDP.gadget (359.10 kb)

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Windows | Windows 7

SharePoint, Host headers, and the Loopback Check in Windows Server

by Shawn October 07, 2009 09:14

As a SharePoint developer, I find that I spend a lot of time using one of the Server Operating Systems (2003/2008).  Interestingly enough a registry tweak is needed before you can actully do any real testing (like using host headers). 

The solution for me and one of my colleagues turns out to be this old known issue
http://wcornwill.wordpress.com/2006/06/06/mapping-host-headers-causes-looping-windows-authentication/
and
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/george/archive/2009/04/16/error-401-connecting-to-local-iis-website-after-3-credential-prompts.aspx

I would only recommend to disable the Loopback checking for developing environments.

Disable Loopback Checking

  1. open regedit
  2. Find HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
  3. Create a new DWORD value called DisableLoopbackCheck and give it a value of 1
  4. Restart the computer

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