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SharePoint 2013 Issue: Select a value from at least one category

Environment: SharePoint 2013 (Farm) Issue: Creation of Subsites Error: Select a value from at least one category I have encountered this issue where users (including myself) have attempted to created sub sites and are giving a response message of  Select a value from at least one category. Funny this about this is that “Site Categories” are selected Here […]

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How to submit malware / virus to antivirus and malware companies

So you got yourself infected with a virus and hopefully you got rid of it before it did any serious damage.  If it had you may wish you had something like “CrashPlan” to get your files back. And while a backup solution is always the best tool to recovery today we are going to talk […]

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Exchange Server 2013 SP1 Transport Service Issues

I recently updated Exchange Server 2013 CU3 to Exchange Server 2013 SP1. The update seemed to go smoothly however I discovered that external emails were not flowing. Oddly enough outbound emails worked just fine. Symptoms No inbound email being processed by Exchange 2013 SP1. You also notice the following loged in the Application Event Logs: […]

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Windows 8.1 & Server 2012 R2 Update Links

Its that time; and the update(s) have been made public for you to download. I saved you some time and have provided you the direct path to get these. Now you too can enjoy the new features of Windows 8.1 & Server 2012 R2 update 1 Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Update for x86 (KB2919355) Windows […]

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How to get the build versions of SharePoint 2013

In preparation of updating a service pack 1 or possibly cumulative updates, I wanted to verify my farm deployment version.  There are many ways to do this so I will list the ones I know below. Using PowerShell – Go to SharePoint 2013 Management Shell Enter the following script to get the SharePoint 2013 farm […]

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Remove database from read only mode, error 5120

I posted about setting a Microsoft SQL Database into ‘read only’ mode as part of an upgrade. Today I need to go back and make some changes on the now legacy system. To handle this request I needed to change back to its normal state, this is when I encountered the error 5120. In the […]