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after re-reading your post, you should be using MDT 2010, mdt 2008 doesn't support Windows 7, and that could be the reality of your problems right now, if you want to deploy xp, it's fine, but for windows 7 you must use mdt 2010

ok did you see the abortpxe post here ?

are you sure its using the 32 bit image ?

When deploying Windows 7 the Network Location dialog box is sometimes shown even though the machine is joined to a domain. It's only on specific hardware but it's quite common. Microsoft now has a hotfix (KB 2028749) for the network lcoation bug, the hotfix is not yet public, you have to call Microsoft Support to get it. via > http://www.deployvista.com/Blog/tabid/70/EntryID/136/language/en-US/Default.aspx reference > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrosd/thread/57e36e94-5ccb-49c5-973e-04b6f7dd65ec

no problem with that

it's closed for now, sorry.

are your current task sequences mandatory ? (check the schedule tab of the advertisement)

i know that where I work we had to set some local policies for IE8 in windows 7 which was done by copying over the files into c:\windows\system32\grouppolicy have you tried that ? remember however that the domain group policy will override local group policy so why not set it there instead

ok in task sequences the apply drivers steps refer to applying drivers in the Operating system you are deploying, nothing to do with windows PE at all, the only drivers you should ever add to your WinPe image are nic or storage, nothing more, and they must correspond to the version of pe you are using so if sccm 2007 sp1-use windows vista drivers sccm 2007 sp2-use windows 7 drivers does that help ?

is the boot image definetly an SP2 boot image ? did you also try with the x86 one ?

as PE versions go, yes it is, have you had any luck ?

do you mean that you activated the server 2007 kms host with a different non-kms key ? or what ?

don't specify the key if you are using Enterprise media

and here was the original post

good question do any of your windows or sccm logs on the client reveal the cause ?

have their been any changes to the server, like sccm updates ? are any DHCP server options set on the dhcp server ??

I think this page on Technet has some good info about software update compliance scans, i've bolded and italicised parts for your benefit in particular this part and then there is this bit and there are several more references to when a scan is initiated, it's all in the link above. the following log(s) might be of use in this case PolicyEvaluator.log - Provides information about the process for evaluating policies on client computers, including policies from software updates. ScanAgent.log - Provides information about the scan requests for software updates, what tool is requested for the scan, the WSUS location, and so on. smscliUI.log - Provides information about the Configuration Manager Control Panel user interactions, such as initiating a Software Updates Scan Cycle from the Configuration Manager Properties dialog box, opening the Program Download Monitor, and so on. UpdatesHandler.log - Provides information about software update compliance scanning and about the download and installation of software updates on the client. UpdatesStore.log - Provides information about the compliance status for the software updates that were assessed during the compliance scan cycle. does this help ? cheers niall

ok, has the sccm server been rebooted ?

trigger it from within windows using the RAP, (run advertised programs) cheers niall

ok read this http://blogs.technet.com/adnanezzi/archive/2009/06/22/configmgr-2007-osd-how-to-allow-dhcp-broadcasts-across-vlan-s.aspx specifically interestingly i've seen \boot\x86\pxeboot.com and smsboot\x86\wdsnbp.com working, use what works for you ok ? cheers niall

are the firewalls enabled/disabled ? are your boundaries configured correctly ? if you enable the active directory discovery methods to poll now do you see any difference ?

ok after thinking about how your environment is set up, lets step back a bit here, have you imported this computer (name plus mac address) into SCCM yet (using computer association) ?

As the System Center team heads towards the release of R3, we are excited to release a refresh build of the ConfigMgr R3 beta. This release incorporates fixes as well as enhancements to Power Management reporting. You can access this refresh here. bio picJeff Wettlaufer Sr. Technical Product Manager System Center http://blogs.technet.com/systemcenter/archive/2010/05/10/configuration-manager-2007-r3-beta-refresh.aspx

it will remain set to Manual, but your scheduled backup will take place, verify by looking at the backup logs and check the location of where you told it to backup to

i had the same problem last week, i resolved it by logging out, removing the users profile i had logged in as, logging back in as that user and trying again, it worked fine, to verify this you could try the same or use another local administrator account on that server, if that also fails have you tried different media ?