Unable to view items in the document library and list after migration: SharePoint 2010

Issue: One of my clients was having a very strange behavior where he was not able to view few of the items in his SharePoint list or Library.  

Troubleshooting:

Checked the permissions on the library and list level. 

User was having full control permissions.

Tried removing and re-adding them to list and site, no success.

This issue was not happening at my end as I have FARM admin rights.

Tried login on client machine in SharePoint site with my credentials and issue still exist.

Tried login on my machine in SharePoint site with client credentials and issue was not there. 

Based on the above steps performed this is clear that this is machine specific issue.

Tried various things on the client machine such as clear IE cache, Resetting to default settings, Adding the site to trusted zone. But no success.

Resolution:  

Go to Start.

Open Run command type CMD.

This will open command prompt for you.  

Type ipconfig /flushdns and it will flush domain name server cache from you system.  

Reboot your machine and try to access SharePoint list or document library items.

It should work for you now.

I am not sure, how this resolution had resolved the problem and what it has to do with the issue. But it finally worked and we have a happy customer.

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know.

I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, thank you.

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation Server 2010, SharePoint 2010.

SharePoint list 'show filter choices' mystery

When we face any product limitation issue or call it as default SharePoint behavior then it’s difficult to conclude or explain to the customer that this is by design.

Filter Web Parts connect to Web Parts containing one or more sets of data to change the view of the data. The filter Web part can be visible on the page, to ask for user input, such as a date or text, or they can be invisible, as is the case with the Current User filter, which filters data based on the user who is logged on to the computer.

Problem Description:  Some of SharePoint list’s which are present on my site collection are not displaying the list of content types; instead they are showing an option “show filter choices”

While researching on the issue, I found one article which clearly suggested that this happens because of increase in the number of items in the list.

Million Thanks to Nauplius for publishing this article: http://sharepoint.nauplius.net/2010/09/sharepoint-list-filter-problems-or.html

In the above mentioned article, it clearly mentioned that when the list items crosses beyond 500 items then it will the option “show filter choices” and Microsoft place this option because of performance problems.

Please let me know in case of any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information.

Thank you.