Thank you for looking Jorgen,
Would you post the line indicating the access denied? I did a search of the log and I dont see it.
I agree the system is not restarting. I am trying to figure out what drives that decision in an out of the box task sequence. A better way to ask the question is which script sets the task sequence variable DeploymentType to REFRESH. If I have to set it in my CustomSettings.ini how would I accomplish that and use a single task sequence for NewComputer and Refresh?