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can you post the smsts.log file from one of these deployments ?

what media are you using ?. there is a sp2 full blown installation media and another one which is just an sp2 upgrade from the sp1 fullblown media the size of the download is the clue, if its 1.4gb its fullblown, as below File Name: en_system_center_configuration_manager_2007_with_sp2_x86_dvd_447809.iso Date Published (UTC): 12/3/2009 2:05:12 PM Last Updated (UTC): 2/4/2010 1:47:33 PM SHA1: 9C7E6F7F30E42AAAEE64D68EBD7CEE121AA91FEB ISO/CRC: 47A55B51 Available to Levels: VS Pro with MSDN Premium (Empower); Developer AA; MSDN Universal (Retail); VSTS Team Suite (VL); VSTS Architecture (VL); VS Premium with MSDN (MPN); VSTS Test (VL); VS Pro with MSDN Premium (MPN); MSDN Universal (VL); VSTS Database (VL); VS Pro with MSDN Premium (Retail); VSTS Test (Retail); VSTS Development (Retail); VSTS Architecture (Retail); VSTS Team Suite (Retail); VSTS Database (Retail); BizSpark Admin; BizSpark; VS Ultimate with MSDN (VL); VS Premium with MSDN (VL); VS Premium with MSDN (Retail); VS Ultimate with MSDN (Retail);

can you post the smsts.log file from a failed attempt at capture user state from a PXE booted task sequence please ?

verify that no one has changed the boot.wim images on the dp's, try updating the distribution points for the boot.wim files

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did you add trace32.exe to your boot.wim file ? if not check the post about it here and here's how to open the SMSTS.log file

check this post http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1115-managing-monthly-updates-in-sccm/

did you add trace32.exe to your boot image ? http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=747

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is your data still in c:\_smstasksequence\statestore by any chance ?

enable f8 support in your boot image, press f8 and find it here

what error do you get ? is that a standard Install Software Updates step or one you created yourself ?

we\d need to see the smsts.log file to find out why it failed

do you get an ip in WinPE ? post your smsts.log file here pls

then do a build and capture of XPsp3 with those apps included (here's office 2007) in the build and capture task sequence, once the image is captured you can deploy it as many times as you want with another task sequence.

agreed, enable f8 support and do ipconfig while in win pe, do you see an ip address ? if not add nic drivers to boot wim, for sccm 2007 sp2 they should be windows 7 network drivers

i have an old latitude C610 which certaintly failed to boot via winpe3, however i manually installed win7 on it and once installed noted that it had loaded a nic driver for the old hardware, i copied that driver and imported it into win PE and lo-and-behold could image that system just a thought

also you can advertise the task sequence to an Operating system that you are NOT USING in your organisation, eg: vista then your normal clients (windows xp and 7) will not see it in RAP (run advertised programs) but can still use it via PXE,

what error do you get when it tries to restore, check loadstate.log

make sure the clients are all sp2 level, that is required for windows 7 and windows 2008 r2

are all the clients at the same level patch wise (windows updates) and are they using the same version of ConfigMgr Client ?

i'm putting something together, coming shortly, what errors are you seeing

where do you have the install software updates step ? is the computer in the domain ?

first of all what version of sccm are you running ? secondly the only drivers you should add to your boot.wim files are Network drivers (sometimes storage too, but rarely) and the network drivers are based on the version of SCCM and not on the os you are deploying eg: if you are running SCCM 2007 sp1, use Windows vista based network drivers if you are running SCCM 2007 sp2, use Windows 7 based network drivers the drivers used by the os you are deploying (windows 7 or windows xp or whatever) are applied during the Apply Driver Package stage of the Task Sequence, your failure, baseed on the logs provided seems to be here <![LOG[Failed to locate the local data path. The files needed to resume the task sequence are missing. This could be because the task sequence finished while in Windows PE. Please check the largest available partition for SMSTSLog\smsts.log file for more information. The system cannot find the file specified. (Error: 80070002; Source: Windows)]LOG]!><time="11:17:02.912+240" date="08-30-2010" component="TSManager" context="" type="3" thread="7444" file="tsmanager.cpp:1106"> <![LOG[Task Sequence Manager could not initialize Task Sequence Environment. code 80070002] so can you tell me a bit about how you set up your task sequence, how are you executing it etc.. cheers niall

it will probably fail (feel free to verify please and report back) as the back end WSF file (CUSTOM_AppInstall.wsf) isn't expecting that input, you'll have to talk to your scripter(s) and ask them to rewrite the back end script to take account of multiple dc's and once you have it working, post it here cheers niall