Andrew Kennel

Web Developer

User Account Problem, Solved

April 21, 2008

Sort of. Microsoft had me add the user to the Owners group for the top level Site Collection. This must have updated the cached account information, because everything started working after that.I don’t have a reason for why this happened, and of course, no reason to think it won’t happen again. I’m beginning to get…

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Fixed error on Web Front End boxes

April 14, 2008

Early on in the portal roll-out we were looking for a Weather Web Part.  The idea was to display the local weather for each facility on their home page.  I'd found a free Web Part from Bamboo Solutions that did just this.  I installed it on the servers, and it worked fine.  Months later, and…

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I’ve got competition

April 11, 2008

I did a search for Sharepoint Wake Up, and found this page: http://www.codeplex.com/entmosswakeupVery cool.  Looks like he saw my script and decided to make his own version.  I haven't had a chance to look at his source code yet, but it will be interesting to see how he approaches the same challenge. From his documentation…

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Migrated SPWakeUp project to the Codeplex

April 11, 2008

That site seems to get more traffic.The new address is http://www.codeplex.com/SPWakeUp/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home

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New version of SPWakeUp

April 11, 2008

This latest version is a complete rewrite of the application.  As usual, you can download a copy from here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/spwakeupI learned to program on an Apple IIc on Basic.  Over the years, I've concentrated mostly on administration, and have only coded a few simple scripts for my own use, usually using batch files or Perl. …

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