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SharePoint / Office 2007 and random authentication pop up's with “My SharePoint Sites” (Memberships)

25 January, 2009 (13:18) | Office, SharePoint | By: Paul Liebrand

Update – 7/2/2009
The Office 2007 hotfix (KB970950) is now available to download:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970950
The specific bullet that resolves this problem states the following:
“When you view folders that are listed under My SharePoint Sites in the Open dialog box or the Save As dialog box in a 2007 Office application, you are prompted for authentication. This problem occurs [...]

SharePoint Calendar Reminders in Outlook 2007: Part 2

4 June, 2008 (14:05) | Office, SharePoint | By: Paul Liebrand

By default, Office will not generate reminders for items created on a SharePoint calendar that is connected to Outlook. A few months ago I wrote a post about how you can use RSS feeds and Outlook rules to generate your own “reminders”.
However, it still seems to be a little known fact that once your calendar [...]

Office 2007 Search Commands – Download Available

1 May, 2008 (07:04) | Office | By: Paul Liebrand

Microsoft has released its Office Search Commands, formally code named “Scout”,  utility which allows you to search for commands in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Just type in a phrase such as insert table and the ribbon will be filtered down to just show you options that match that criteria.
The following is an example of the [...]

Outlook 2007 / Disappearing RSS Feeds – Hotfix

3 April, 2008 (12:03) | Office | By: Paul Liebrand

If you search around the Internet you will see that many people have experienced the issue with Outlook 2007 and RSS feeds a) disappearing, or b) stop working altogether.
I worked with Microsoft and finally got a hotfix that resolves this issue.
The KB article can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950282
I have been using a private build for [...]

SharePoint 2007 alerts do not open in Outlook 2007 with Exchange 2003

7 February, 2008 (21:50) | Exchange, Office, SharePoint | By: Paul Liebrand

We have been dealing with the infamous issue that occasionally prevents Outlook 2007 from opening SharePoint 2007 (“SharePoint”) alerts when the client is running in cached mode. This may be old news to some but the solution was recently brought to my attention.
A friend of mine pointed me to a Microsoft knowledge base article (KB930807) [...]