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rwhitworth

who has written 142 posts for Rickey Whitworth's Blog.

Apr
13
2010

Starter Master Pages for SharePoint 2010

 
Project Description Starter Master Pages for SharePoint 2010 are a clean, commented starting point for creating your own SharePoint 2010 branding. Starter Master Pages were known previously as Minimal Master Pages in SharePoint 2007. Project Details In the tradition of [...]

Apr
8
2010

Upgrading your Content DB to SharePoint 2010 – Part 1 – The preupgradecheck | SharePoint George

Check out this two part series if you need detailed upgrade instructions for SharePoint 2010
I’m sure there are a lot of SharePointers out there who are excited about the 2010 release and as I have been working my way through the installation and configuration of this updated beast, I have also been providing you [...]

Apr
6
2010

Forums – Memory – Improving Windows Kernel Performance

 
The following registry tweak specifies whether kernel-mode drivers and kernel-mode system code can be paged to disk when not in use. Even if you have enough RAM available, Windows will still “page” important operating system components to the pagefile. By enabling the DisablePagingExecutive registry key you will prevent Windows from paging this type of data.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session [...]

Apr
5
2010

System State Analyzer – Ask the Performance Team


There often arises a need to figure out what may have changed on a system, either due to a specific issue or even to compare the difference between two systems. Today I would like to introduce you to the Windows System State Analyzer utility. Unless you are a developer or tester, you probably have never [...]

Apr
5
2010

Ask the Performance Team

 
Introducing the DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant
Are you using DirectAccess or planning a deployment soon? Reduce your support costs and significantly improve your mobile users’ connectivity experience with the newly released Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant (DCA).
DCA informs mobile users of their connectivity status at all times; provides tools to help them reconnect on their own if problems [...]

Apr
5
2010

Federal Desktop Core Configuration : Viewing and Comparing IE Security Zone Settings

 
The Security tab of the Internet Explorer Properties dialog shows security settings for the Internet, Intranet, Trusted Sites and Restricted Sites zones.  However:

It doesn’t show settings for the Local Machine (Computer) zone, nor for Local Machine Zone Lockdown (LMZL).
When machine settings or other policies are in effect, most of the Security Zones UI is [...]

Apr
2
2010

Microsoft Application Virtualization Dashboard

Beta announcement
Microsoft Application Virtualization Dashboard
Published: March 15, 2010
About the Application Virtualization Dashboard
The Microsoft® Application Virtualization Dashboard helps you monitor virtualized software applications across your organization. The dashboard’s built-in charts, gauges, and tables let you track any APP-V dataset in near-real time, so you can easily stay on top of the usage, health, and compliance [...]

Apr
2
2010

SPSEMEA Demo site and showcase | SharePoint

Boris Gomiunik put this demo site together that shows several cool jquery enhancements all grouped together in a site template. Includes examples like toggling the quick launch bar, attaching events to form fields, and auto suggest using Sharepoint’s web services.
 
I’ve prepared a SPSEMEA Demo site that you can simply upload to your (http://[siteUrl]/_catalogs/wt) Site template [...]

Apr
1
2010

Collapsible Web Parts in a Zone Using jQuery for SharePoint 2007 « SPUIGuy

 
Simply put, this plug-and-play solution will add a “+” or “-” to every web part in a given web part zone, allowing users to click the web part title to control the visible state of the web part.  You can control the default state of each web part by setting the Chrome State on the [...]

Apr
1
2010

“Make it not look like SharePoint.” « SPUIGuy

Let’s all let Brian know how interested we are in seeing these topics!
Hi, I’m Brandon Anderson, and I make SharePoint not look like SharePoint.  I will be using this site as a forum for documenting my experience with various aspects of SharePoint UI and look-and-feel customization.  Why?  Well, in case I get hit by [...]