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When using SharePoint 2010 in combination with Claims Based Authentication the Central Administration Health Analyser will come up with an error:

“Web Applications using Claims authentication require an update”

Just install this hotfix: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB979917

For more information regarding this issue please visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff686815.aspx

People often search for the regional settings. For Sharepoint 2010 regional settings can be adjusted at site level.

To change a date format say to yyyy-mm-dd, go to "Site Action" then "Site Settings" under Site Administration, click Regional settings. Adjust the format to the desired setting and click "Ok".

To add a custom content type to your Sharepoint 2010 list follow the steps beneath. These steps don't really differ from the way you add content types in Sharepoint 2007, but then again practice never hurts.

1. Click 'Library' in the SharePoint 2010 ribbon and then under 'Library Settings', click Advanced settings.

2. Click Yes for Allow management of content types and then click OK.

3. Under the Content Types section, click 'Add from existing site content types'.

4. Selecte the content types you would like to add and then click Add. Finish by clicking 'Ok'

The design of Sharepoint 2010 contains several new security features. Opening certain files types in browser view is prohibited by default. One of which is the opening of .eml files.

To change this setting do the following:

• Go to 'Manage Web Applications' in the Central Administration Console - 
• Click 'General Settings'
• set 'Browser File Handling' to 'Permissive'.

Attention: only adjust this setting if you are really confident the files are safe. Forcing files to download is a security measure to prevent the running of mallicious code.