How to change SharePoint 2010 service account passwords

Assuming you aren't using the automatic password changing feature of SharePoint 2010 and have already changed the account password in Active Directory.

Open the Sharepoint adminstrator powershell:

1. $secure =  read-host -assecurestring
2. Input password when prompted
3. Set-SPManagedAccount -Identity domain\sp_farm -ExistingPassword $secure

Simple XSL file for an XSLT List View Webpart in SharePoint 2010

Here's the contents of a simple XSL file to apply to almost any XSLT List View webpart.  Of course you'll probably want to change a few fields and the layout, but it's much simpler than editing the entire XSLT view from Sharepoint Designer.




<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="x d xsl ddwrt" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row" />
<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">
<xsl:value-of select="@Title" />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>