Aaron Czechowski, MCS
Quick restore from busted WinPE 2.0
Possibly a random scenario, but I thought worth sharing. My specific instance was during a...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 11/27/2007
How to restore from the OS backup
A customer requirement for a recent pilot project was to migrate user workstations to Vista for only...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 11/27/2007
The ConfigMgr Song
The ConfigMgr Song
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 10/14/2007
BDD 2007 Media Deployment Point bug
A common practice is to place an $OEM$ structure beneath the Control folder for it to be...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 09/24/2007
BDD Workbench Error: Unable to open the specified WIM file
A Vista LTI is captured to the BDD server and during import as an Operating System the following...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 09/10/2007
Short File Name Prerequisite for SCCM 2007
A common security/performance setting is to disable short file names (aka 8.3 file names), and is...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 09/08/2007
Additional Windows 2000 Prerequisite for BDD
The BDD 2007 Lite Touch Installation Guide (specifically, Ensuring That the Required Infrastructure...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 09/08/2007
SMS 2003 MP and SLP test query strings
Methods to test MP and SLP functionality through the browser....
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 07/12/2007
SMS 2003 security templates, MP functionality
I was troubleshooting a problem with a MP today. I ran the MP Troubleshooter - Pre-Install and...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 07/12/2007
SMS climsgs.dll version issue
I'm sure this is a rare occurance but just in case it ever crops up again.... A Windows Server 2003...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 07/12/2007
A note to rule them all
I've fallen in love with two things while in Washington at MSSU. The first is OneNote. I was first...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 05/14/2007
Blibbet
I recently discovered (thanks to Steve Henry of Microsoft Services University!) that the notch in...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 05/14/2007
Vista, Drag&Drop to CMD
One nice feature of XP is dragging a file into a command window to insert the full path to the file....
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 04/11/2007
MMS 2007 Day 4 (29 March)
Unfortunately I missed the keynote address today because I had some work I had to do. It was a...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 03/29/2007
MMS 2007 Day 3 (28 March)
This morning's keynote was presented y Kirill Tatarinov, Corporate Vice President, Windows...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 03/29/2007
MMS 2007 Day 2 (27 March)
First of all, the delay on this post must be because I'm too techsexy. The first event Tuesday...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 03/28/2007
MMS 2007 Day 1 (26 March)
While there were not really any sessions today, it was by no means slow. I had lunch with Russ and...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 03/27/2007
MMS 2007 Blogs
A quick list of some other folks blogging on MMS 2007 (in no particular order): Anthony Clendenen...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 03/26/2007
Sunny Southern California
Special weather statement for San Diego, CA, from weather.com: A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 03/26/2007
First Post
This blog is (for now) essentially a continuation of my previous work at...
Author: Aaron Czechowski [Microsoft] Date: 03/26/2007