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

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