How to Windows SharePoint Services uses Active Directory

~~matthewforu~~ · 12-26-2008, 07:29 AM

If your Web site is hosted by an ISP and Windows SharePoint Services uses Active Directory account creation mode. If your Web site is hosted by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Windows SharePoint Services was installed by using Active Directory account creation mode, you experience the symptoms that are described in the "Symptoms" section when you try to create a list in a subsite. To work around this problem, create a new list that is based on the Excel workbook that is located in the root site, save the list as a list template, and then create the list that you want in the subsite from the new list template that you created.
Follow these steps to do it:
1. In the root site, create a new list that is based on the Excel workbook. To do so, follow these steps:
a. On the home page of the root site, click Create.
b. On the Create page, under Custom Lists, click Import Spreadsheet.
c. Specify the options that you want, and then click Import.
d. In the Import to Windows SharePoint Services list dialog box, click the range of cells that you want to use for your list, and then click Import.
e. Specify the columns and the rows that you want to import, and then click Import.
2. In the root site, save the new list that you created as a list template. To do so, follow these steps:
. In the root site, click Documents and Lists.
a. Click the link to the list that you want to save as a template.
b. Click Modify settings and columns.
c. On the Customize ListName page, under General Settings, click Save list as template.
d. In the File name box, type the file name that you want to use for the template file.
e. In the Template title box, type the title that you want to use for the template.
f. Click to select the Include content check box.
g. Click OK.
3. Connect to the subsite, and then create a new list that is based on the new list template that you created in step 2. To do so, follow these steps:
. Connect to the subsite, and then click Create.
a. Click the template that you created in step 2.
b. On the New List page, specify a name and a description for the list, and then click Create.

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~~matthewforu~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 174 OS: Windows Xp	How to Windows SharePoint Services uses Active Directory If your Web site is hosted by an ISP and Windows SharePoint Services uses Active Directory account creation mode. If your Web site is hosted by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Windows SharePoint Services was installed by using Active Directory account creation mode, you experience the symptoms that are described in the "Symptoms" section when you try to create a list in a subsite. To work around this problem, create a new list that is based on the Excel workbook that is located in the root site, save the list as a list template, and then create the list that you want in the subsite from the new list template that you created. Follow these steps to do it: 1. In the root site, create a new list that is based on the Excel workbook. To do so, follow these steps: a. On the home page of the root site, click Create. b. On the Create page, under Custom Lists, click Import Spreadsheet. c. Specify the options that you want, and then click Import. d. In the Import to Windows SharePoint Services list dialog box, click the range of cells that you want to use for your list, and then click Import. e. Specify the columns and the rows that you want to import, and then click Import. 2. In the root site, save the new list that you created as a list template. To do so, follow these steps: . In the root site, click Documents and Lists. a. Click the link to the list that you want to save as a template. b. Click Modify settings and columns. c. On the Customize ListName page, under General Settings, click Save list as template. d. In the File name box, type the file name that you want to use for the template file. e. In the Template title box, type the title that you want to use for the template. f. Click to select the Include content check box. g. Click OK. 3. Connect to the subsite, and then create a new list that is based on the new list template that you created in step 2. To do so, follow these steps: . Connect to the subsite, and then click Create. a. Click the template that you created in step 2. b. On the New List page, specify a name and a description for the list, and then click Create.