ddccsartoris

WDS stopped working over the weekend for no apparent reason. Came in Monday to find that we can't PXE boot to image our machines from SCCM2007. All machines we attempt to image simply report "no boot image available". WDS is cranky and unstable at the best of times. I've seen this error enough that I thought I knew what to do. I removed the PXE distribution points from SCCM, removed the PXE service point, un-installed WDS, renamed the RemoteInstall folder, rebooted a couple times, re-installed WDS, re-installed the PXE service point, re-created the PXE distribution points... And it's still broken. WDS starts up OK... I'm not getting the usual 1067 error. Instead, WDS starts up and I get one error (ID 258) and one warning (ID 512) logged. I've un-installed and re-installed WDS (as well as the PXE service point) at least a dozen times now. I've re-created boot images, task sequences, and everything. I've tweaked the registry to disable multi-threading, I've double-checked with our network guys to make sure they didn't change anything interesting. Frankly, at this point, I'm stumped. The error text from the WDSIMGSRV/258 error makes me think that some component isn't installing correctly... But I'm not entirely sure what to do about that. Maybe REGSRVR some DLL? Absolutely any assistance in resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated. Log Name: Application Source: WDSServer Date: 5/14/2012 3:58:43 PM Event ID: 512 Task Category: WDSServer Level: Warning Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: REDACTED Description: An error occurred while trying to initialize provider WdsImgSrv from C:\Windows\system32\WdsImgSrv.dll. Since this provider is not marked as critical, Windows Deployment Services server will continue. Error Information: 0xC1030104 Log Name: Application Source: WDSIMGSRV Date: 5/14/2012 3:58:43 PM Event ID: 258 Task Category: (1) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: REDACTED Description: The description for Event ID 258 from source WDSIMGSRV cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer. If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event. The following information was included with the event: 0xC1030104