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It's been a long day in several respects. We found out at 10:00 AM that our server bandwidth was too small for the amount of traffic we had with app the people watching the Level 5 Guides. First we moved the cable to a 100MB switch and that was ok...
Having a Task Sequence that does all your work for you is a tough job at times and depending on how many hardware platforms you have will determine how long it takes to make and test your Task Sequence. In this video I demonstrate how to advertise an...
After speaking to the other Level 5 Guide owners, they have all agreed to open their guides during the times I specified in my post yesterday . Our "Open House" day is to let you experience some of the content that we have available. I don't...
As I stated in my other post , building a TS which will to just about everything in one TS is the key. Rather than having a few or dozens of Task Sequences, we want to have one or two that will work on all your hardware platforms. The following Level...
I have received numerous emails asking for videos on OSD and how they work. While we all know that each organization has different requirements and goals, I have put together a video in the Level 5 section that shows how to put together a Task Sequence...
We want to get some fresh ideas from bloggers on The Blogcast Repository . I would like to make a challenge that we have 50 new bloggers by the end of July . Sharing your experience is a great vent and a place to call home where you can interact with...
While Microsoft has a list of error codes that are associated with SCCM, the code 0x80040104 in your log file means that " Could not find reference program policy", " Make sure the reference program policy is downloaded locally. Check policy...
Since going live on the upgraded website a few weeks ago, we now have email notification working again as of today. When you comment in the forums and blogs, you will now receive emails and know when people reply to your posts. I'm very sorry for...
As most of you know, we have a new section of the site called Level 5 on the website. The Level 5 section is a formal "how to" guide on various topics. Not all of our guides are ready to be published, but David Stein has done an excellent job...
The DNS change went into effect a day late, but we had some bugs to work out. We will continue to see some issues and I hope you email me if a video looks bad or sounds wrong. We have a lot of new features add ed to the site and if you are reading this...
As many of you know, we have been developing a new website to replace this one. Effective immediately, the website is in a read only mode so that we can make a backup of the SQL DB and copy all the files to the new server. We feel this entire transition...
As many of you know, we are upgrading the website to a new version of Community Server and developing a new premium section of the website called "Level 5". We have hired several people which include 2 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) to make...
Ok, we hashed it around and we came up with swag for MMS 2008 . We decided, based on long conversations with 2 key sponsors to make 400 shirts to be handed out at MMS 2008 in Las Vegas. This is a huge improvement from the 20 Polo shirts I handed out in...
While I reserve the right to hold off posting all the videos I have on SCCM so far, I do want to share some of them along the way. Not only to keep new content on the website, but to give you a preview of the changes between what is a Blogcast and what...
I'm always wanting to learn new technology. I won't divulge the topic I needed to learn, but I spent several days reading Microsoft documents and working in my lab with questions still in my head and not getting it right. I looked at a few videos on The...
It's been a very busy year for me and my family as I'm sure it has for everyone else. I'm very pleased with the increase of information that is being shared on The Blogcast Repository . Many people are asking questions and more people are stepping up...
It's been about 2 years since we moved to Community Server 2.1 as the backbone of the website and had a lot of custom work done to the site to make it what it is today. If you have been following my blog, then you know that The Blogcast Repository has...
I want to request everyone reply who reads this post. I know that The Blogcast Repository is free and it kills the pay sites who charge for the same or lesser content. How would you rate the videos on The Blogcast Repository in competition with a pay...
When a client is upgraded to Vista by running Vista setup, the GUID of the client is changed. This results in duplicate records in the SMS console for those clients. A single client will have 2 records; One obsolete, the other active. The active record...