We've only had SCCM for a short period of time but we're already making good use of Task Sequences for deploying new systems and performing various other tasks. So far we've been using USB-based Task Sequence Media and this has worked quite well. My question though - is this. Is it possible to convert the contents of a USB-based Task Sequence Media into a format which can be PXE-booted? The aim here would be to be able to PXE boot and from the menu choose the option which would boot into the Task Sequence environment - from here any advertised task sequences could be executed, thus removing the need for USB or CD-based media. Is what i'm asking even possible? Thanks Pete

Thanks for the suggestion Torsten - I think we've almost got it working. The machines will now PXE boot but when the client attempts to retrieve the task details we get an error saying 'Failed to run task sequence' and error code 80004005.

Thanks Torsten, A network access account is already defined and in place. When it comes to vieweing the smsts.log file what is the easiest method for doing this? If the client concerned hasn't received an OS yet (the task sequence we're running is to deploy XP) then we don't have an easy method to view the contents of any files dropped onto the machine.

You can enable command support http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680515.aspx in the boot image. Open a command (F8) when the TS fails. You can then launch notepad.exe to open logs (or put trace32.exe on the boot image).

A reboot of the SCCM Server seems to have fixed the problem, although strangely the WDS Service failed to start at boot-time and needed to be given a shove to get it going. All working fine now though - any tasks advertised through SCCM appear when PXE-booting the client and run as expected. Thanks again for your help.