How to create a backup file with the date of today. Here is an example with STSADM from Sharepoint Services. stsadm -o backup -filename “\\gl-nas-01\backup$\Sharepoint\GL-SP-01\%date:~-10,3%%date:~-7,3%%date:~-4%.dat” -url http://intranet/sites/home
Archive for June, 2010
Configure PDF IFilter in WSS 3.0
June 24th, 2010
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First, you need to download the Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0, which you can find at this URL. You should also get hold of a suitable Icon to use with PDFs, so that when they are listed in a document library they are easily recognisable. There is a 17 x 17 one available on the Adobe [...]
Configure Windows SharePoint Services Search Service Settings
June 24th, 2010
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By default, the search service is disabled in WSS 3.0. In order to enable it, goto your SharePoint Central Administration page and under the Operations tab, goto the “Services on the Server” list and click on WSS Search. Service Account – You cannot use any built in accounts when specifiying the Service Account, however you [...]
ASP.NET 2.0 not registered in IIS
June 23rd, 2010
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When ASP.NET is installed on your computer but not registered in your IIS you probably installed .Net before IIS. This is easily repaired with the following command “%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\version\aspnet_regiis.exe” -i
Ubuntu 10.04 Post-Install Guide: What to do and try after installing Lucid Lynx!
June 14th, 2010
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What to do and try after installing Lucid Lynx? Read this article and find out. http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-post-install-guide-what-to.html
Ubuntu 10.04 with Brother DCP-357c
June 14th, 2010
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My home computer is still running Windows XP. The main reason for this is my printer. It’s a Brother DCP-357c. For a long time I tried to make it work under Ubuntu. I was giving up the hope that it would ever work. After upgrading my laptop to Ubuntu 10.04 I thought to give it [...]
Ubuntu with DNS problems
June 2nd, 2010
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At work we need to manage multiple windows domains. After a fresh install of Ubuntu the only computers I can reach are the ones in our primary domain. To reach the other computers I need to edit /etc/nsswitch.conf This file tells Linux where to look for name service information. It should look like this: hosts: [...]
