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it see's a folder called StateStore on D:\, and denys the format because of the presence of that folder, so, does that folder exist and why ? were you doing some 'refresh/reinstallation' tests prior to this, can you manually delete that folder in windows and try again >?

ok odd, can you please attach your SMSTS.log file here from this failed deployment, that should reveal the reason behind the failure

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I can't imagine why it wouldn't work, i mean it's just a collection after all, so go ahead, and try it

how re you kicking it off, in WinPE or in Windows ?

it's failing to format the disc because d:\statestore exists, so, are you attempting a refresh (reinstallation with user data migration) or a new computer scenario here ? can you show us what your task sequence looks like (screenshot of this step)

I haven't tried it, please do and let us know the results

well who knows what this means, we all hope for the best however

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are you specifying anything in the Domain OU field, in the Apply Network Settings step ?

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sure

is the hardware UEFI ? are you deploying a UEFI capable task sequence ? if not, diskpart it first and try again

verify that the date/time on this computer is correct (in the bios)

to silently uninstall SCEP it's just scepinstall.exe /u /s create a package/program to do that, easy. But try the above first

it would be interesting to see what happens when you use the EN-US version of the ISO,

it's covered here Automatically remove previously installed antimalware software before Endpoint Protection is installed Select True or Yes to attempt to uninstall existing antimalware software. Note Endpoint Protection attempts to uninstall the following antimalware software only: Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition version 10 Symantec Endpoint Protection version 11 Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition version 12 McAfee VirusScan Enterprise version 8 Trend Micro OfficeScan Microsoft Forefront Codename Stirling Beta 2 Microsoft Forefront Codename Stirling Beta 3 Microsoft Forefront Client Security v1 Microsoft Security Essentials v1 Microsoft Security Essentials 2010 Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Microsoft Security Center Online v1 If you try to install the Endpoint Protection client on a computer and the uninstall of an existing antimalware solution is not supported, then the Endpoint Protection client installation will fail. In this case, you can use application management to uninstall the existing antimalware solution, install the Endpoint Protection client and then use the Manage Endpoint Protection client on client computers client setting to let Configuration Manager manage the newly installed Endpoint Protection client. I would recommend testing first on a test computer (or three) to verify the behaviour matches your expectations

sorry but with the current zero day reported and linked to Adobe products I won't be clicking on the pdf, can you post your screenshots instead here

try re-deploying whatever task sequence it is to a collection, the last task sequence deployed will contain the boot wim that all successive task sequences on that collection will use for first boot (and then they'll stage their respective boot wim)

does this post help you ?

press f8 at the 'empty grey sccm screen' then do cmtrace X:\Windows\Temp\SMSTSLOG\smsts.log and tell us what errors are reported in that log.

does it fail after the boot to WinPE or while still in windows ? if it's while in WinPE then have you verified that it actually has an ip address and can ping the fqdn of the management point in winpe ?

yes i'm aware of the F11 trick, however make a change in your Configuration Manager console on the distribution point properties, does it still work after that ?

if you want to build and capture windows 7 X64 then you need a 64 bit boot wim, for deploying either OS (unless UEFI) you can use an x86 boot wim.