I just installed the Windows AIK for Windows7, and MDT 2010 on my 64-bit Windows 7 Release Candidate system, and attempted to open the Deployment Workbench. It opened just fine, but when I selected the Deployment Shares node in the snap-in, I got this error: “The file C:Windowssystem32wimgapi.dll(version 6.1.7100.0 (winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)) is …
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Yesterday, I upgraded MDT from 2008 to 2010. The high-level steps I followed to upgrade it were as follows: Uninstall Windows AIK 1.1 Uninstall MDT 2008 Install Windows 7 / 2008 R2 AIK Install MDT 2010 Open MDT 2010 console and upgrade deployment shares Test task sequence on virtual machine Please …
If you’re at all familiar with the Excel APIs, you’ll know that they’re often quite frustrating to work with. The fact that the Office 2007 .NET API is simply a wrapper around the COM interface doesn’t make it very appealing either. I e-mailed my dad, who develops software, and he …
I recently was troubleshooting an issue with some failing software update installations being deployed via SCCM / WSUS, and finally found out what was affecting them. All of the failed updates were related to Microsoft Office, so that kind of tells you something right there. It turns out, the root cause …
Update (2009-10-05 12:30 PM): Thanks to Todd Hemsell, I now know that you have to restart the ccmexec service in order for the change to take effect. I’ve updated the scripts appropriately. — So you’ve got System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 in place, and for whatever reason, you’re looking …
I’d like to take a moment to relay to you one, of many, reasons that I don’t use Linux, or take it seriously at all. This is partially for others to read, and partially as personal documentation so the next time I decide to try Linux, I can stop myself …
Update (2009-11-03): I have posted a newer version of this script. Please visit this link for information. ————— I recently wrote a script to clean up workstation accounts in our Active Directory domain. It’s not perfect, but it was a good learning experience, as I found out there are some …
I just accidentally came across an interesting trick that I think is nifty. In Windows 7 (and possibly previous versions of Windows), you can press and hold the Control key down, and pause task manager from refreshing.
Update (2009-10-14): I’ve included a WQL query to use in creating a collection to identify systems without the GPP CSE installed. If you want to discover which systems have the group policy preferences client-side extensions
