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Steps to customize SP2010 OOB alert emails: 1.       Create copy of existing alerttemplates.xml file Make copy of alerttemplates.xml file and rename it in the same location @ C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML Say you rename the file as – Customalerttemplates.xml Note: If we edit the OOB alerttemplates.xml file, any further sharepoint updates/service pack may overwrite our changes 2.       Create custom alert template in Customalerttemplates.xml file Select appropriate template in the file and copy it Rename the new template with unique name – say WorkflowSuite_CustomTemplate Do required changes in the above template 3.       Update Customalerttemplates.xml file in contentdb STSADM -o updatealerttemplates -url -filename "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML\ Customalerttemplat...

It happens a lot, and finally instead of creating a new server every time (and I have) I decided to fix the issue.  After several hundred hours of debugging. Here is what I was getting… To resolve it do the following things: Stop the User Profile Synchronization Service Open IIS (inetmgr) Click on the server name and select Authentication Selected Anonymous Authentication then choose Edit Click the specific user, then enter “IUSR” Add the service account to Local Admin group on the server Add the service account to all the FIM groups add the service account to the WSS_WSP and WSS_Admin_WPG group Perform an IISRESET Create a new User Profile Synchronization Service Application Started the User Profile Synchronization Service Stop the User Profile Synchronization Service First you have to start SharePoint PowerShell Go to Start Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Right click on SharePoint 2010 Management Shell Choose “Run as Administrator” from the context m...