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I am using ESXi 5.5 to host SCCM 2012 R2 server. Laptops that I apply image to is Lenovo T431S, which was very fast inded with Winpe 4.0. As some have stated above 4.0 is still fast after upgrade to SCCM 2012R2. This makes me beleive the problem lies within Winpe 5.0.

I am using this in production on laptops, only the server is in VMware.

That is something totaly different. it serves as a tweak to load Winpe faster, but does not apply to actual TS deployments inside winpe. But the link you provided is something that all users of SCCM should actualy change to get winpe loading faster. It's a matter of seconds instead of minutes to load winpe when this value is set to at least 8192. 16384 does not work on all devices but the very newest computers.

Same here to. Anyone got any Word from microsoft on this? it's just frustratingly sloooooow.

Can I upgrade my SCCM 2012 server operating system from 2012 to 2012 R2 on a running/installed/in use SCCM 2012 Sp1 installation?