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i would do the build and capture on virtual machines, use vmware or hyperv, both will make your job much easier, trust me

well take a look at the webcasts here, specifically the PXE boot parts, you'll see that they are quite slow, but then again they are running on virtual machines (hyperv) and on Windows Server 2008, where I'm working currently is using Windows Server 2003 and the PXE process is slow, I am assuming that is down to slow network/slow backend hardware (virtual servers) and possibly QOS throttling on the network

yes its possible, in the task sequence properties screen, check Environment and set the program to run on an OS that you DO NOT HAVE in your organisation, for example Windows Vista X64 or Windows 2000, now when you are in Windows, the client will not show the task sequence in Run Advertised Programs (it will remain hidden) but they can PXE boot at any time and access the Task Sequence

sounds about right to be honest, however have you tried varying your nic speed from gigabit to different duplex settings ? is there a switch between you and the clients ?

The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. (Error: 80070570; Source: Windows) <-- is interesting, what boot media are you using ? tell me how you created it and have you tried to create something else ? what hardware are you trying to deploy to exactly ?

within the ts itself, please test it and you'll see what i mean, it's a free tool, just fire up winpe, and execute it from the command prompt

you can script it to add the computer to a collection, it's part of the SDK look here

they are 32 bit apps, here is what you should see when the view is set to small icons

you could try using the tsenv2 tool from 1e, you can use that to set variables including the site code you are mentioning

so this is software updates for windows xp or what ? have you tried having more than one Install Software Updates task in the ts with a reboot inbetween ?

remember this much, software updates will only deploy when a computer is in a collection that the Deployment Management Task is pointing to during the Operating System Deployment, so where is your computer during the deployment, what collection ?

yup, look at the updating section of the SCCM guides here

yes it has to be SP2

try here and no i don't think it will help you with your restore problem, i'd break up your usmt testing first of all in to two collections, state capture and state restore then create two simple task sequences, one for state capture, one for state restore, you can cut/paste the needed bits from a standard Install task sequence (if you want the features of USMT 4 then thats another story...) once you have state capture working (and you'll know from reading the scanstate.log and scanstateprogress.log files) you can then start testing state resore, what does your loadstate.log file say ?

closed for now, sorry

good point, i'd recommend starting with Firefox as a test, if you can install that (and it's very easy) then you are on the right track

the bootable option just replaces the PXE boot and not a whole lot more, meaning you use it in areas where you cannot use PXE the standalone option puts everything on your usb key/cd/dvd which is cool and can be faster when it comes to deployments covering usmt4/large wims/large apps/etc

yup, in the OSD section, expand task sequences, select your deploy 7 task sequence, right click on it, choose Create Task Sequence Media, the first option is probably best for you, (Standalone) you can create bootable USB keys, or CD/DVD's cheers niall

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good work, did you do that guide ?

Content location request for SHC00053:2 failed. make sure that package is updated on the distribution points, verify it is from the package status, and then try again

hi Eric if you look at the list of SCCM Guides here you'll see there's a troubleshooting section which covers your error, which is abortpxe.com, so try the suggestion there and let us know does it help

as the others advised on Technet and Myitforum.com have you tried gpo's ? if not any reason why not ?

try build and capture using the Windows 7 Enterprise DVD instead of using an OEM dvd (which i assume you are doing), also i moved your post to the windows 7 section

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