Hello,I have a SCCM server to deploy and capture a Windows Vista image.I follwed this manual: http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=512When starting the client, it starts loading the files, says it is initializing the hardware (it detects the network card), then initializing the network connections. En then, the computer reboots!Someone who can help me?Thanks.

Hello,That is a fine set of instructions, but if your Windows PE reboots without error - what really is the problem?Like, what are you expecting?What might have gone wrong?Have you checked the logs of all the activities to ascertain what might be going wrong?And do you understand if you have a problem or not?Basically, it is better to present your scenario in a more technical framework so that we can understand your experience and hopefully provide ideas and sugesstions to help you resolve the issues.Regards,Akin

Oke here it comes:1 X SCCM 2007 on Windows Server 2003 SP2 member om Active Directory. SCCM server runs DHCP.Followed the instructions of the url in the first post. Added the drivers of the Intel network adapter in my test client machine.The client boots and gets an IP adres. I made a reservation for this client: 192.168.70.248 (SCCM server: 192.168.70.229, DNS: 192.168.70.243, Gateway: 192.168.70.243)After the client get an IP adres, it started loading the files for Windows PE. After loading files, i see the Windows Loading bar. After that, i get a screen with System Center configuration Manager 2007 logo in the background. A popup window says: Initialisation hardware devices. After initialization it says: Windows is Starting Up. After that it says: Preparing Network Connections. After that, the client reboots imidiately.It does not start the Windows Vista installation and capture process as i expected!

Hello,From the same web site where you got instructions to do your OSD there is another set of documents you can use to troubleshoot OSD.how can I troubleshoot Windows PE booting in SCCM - windows-noob.com/forumsWhen you have resolved it, let us know how you did it.Regards,Akin

AkinNLD wrote: Hello,From the same web site where you got instructions to do your OSD there is another set of documents you can use to troubleshoot OSD.how can I troubleshoot Windows PE booting in SCCM - windows-noob.com/forumsWhen you have resolved it, let us know how you did it.Regards,Akin I have the same problem with W2008/SCCM2007SP1 on HP hardware. Let you know if I succeeded.

I started Windows PE and pressed F8 key. ipconfig show that my network card drivers loaded succesfully. I also get an IP adres.The logfile on the harddisk i see some errors:Error 1: Failed to connect to "\\MANAGEMENT1.SWITCH-TEST.LOCAL\SMSPKGC$\SW100013"Error 2: Failed to resolve selected task sequence dependenciesTomorrow i rebuild package SW100013.I also found out that a reservation for the network card now always works correct.

Most likely it is not getting a DHCP, or the network drivers are not working correctly in WinPE.Mike-

Silly question, but do you have sufficent memory as well? try increasing it and see if that helps.John | Program Manager | System Center Configuration Manager

I can tell you exactly where your problem is.You haven't got the correct drivers in your boot image. You'll have to edit your boot image by r-clicking on it and selecting properties. Under the windows PE tab is where you need to add them. Though if you know the right driver by looking in your driver packages you can also r-click on it and select add to boot image and it'll do the same thing. Just make sure you update your distribution points after doing so.Cheers.Duren

Hello! Duren is quite right! There could be 2 Reasons for this behaviour: 1) you have got too few RAM for Windows PE (it has to have at least 512 MB). If you use a physical machine, it shouldn`t be teh problem :-) 2) you have not the correct drivers (for especially the NIC). Both things you can find out, if you won`t start with PXE Boot (and WDS). You have to start with a medium withthe SCCM Boot Image on it (bootable CD). IN most cases there would be the correct error message to see. regards hemi

Hey allYou guys are my final hope... ;)I have exactly the same problem like Maarten Brand... But:- Everything seems to be right--> I added the right drivers--> My VM got 1024 MB RAM--> If I enable the cmd and hit F8 everything's fine. I can ping the sccm server, the ad server, I can make ipconfig /release -> /renew, DHCP lease is ok, resolving the ad-name, everything works...But the client reboots within5 secondsafter WinPE says "Preparing Network connections..."Does anybody have an other idea?GreetzLukas / alittleouderEDIT:<![LOG[LOGGING: Finalize process ID set to 808]LOG]!><time="18:17:20.062+000" date="02-02-2009" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="812" file="tslogging.cpp:1489"><![LOG[==============================[ TSBootShell.exe ]==============================]LOG]!><time="18:17:20.062+000" date="02-02-2009" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="812" file="bootshell.cpp:963"><![LOG[Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL']LOG]!><time="18:17:20.062+000" date="02-02-2009" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="812" file="util.cpp:869"><![LOG[Debug shell is enabled]LOG]!><time="18:17:20.062+000" date="02-02-2009" component="TSBootShell" 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The original problem: Your boot image does not have network adapter drivers. Find correct drivers and add them to your boot image.

HeyThanks for your answer...It's a Virtual-client on a Hyper-V Server. I've added the Hyper-V NIC-Drivers of the "Integration Disc" of Hyper-V.But I still got the Error from above...I can't imagine, that there are wrong drivers on the "Integration Disc"... =/Greetzalittlelouder

Hi,You can configure a PXE password on the Properties of the PXE service point role. (Site Management | Site Name | Site Sytems | <machine name of machine holding PXE service point role> | ConfigMgr PXE service point role | Right Click Properties | Tab General)What type of OS are you installing in Hyper-V ?, there is an issue with WS2003 X64 and the synthetic network card. (because there are no x64 drivers for that card).Also can you post the wpeinit.log (x:\windows\system32\)file?Regards,Kennethhttp://www.techlog.org | http://www.activewin.com

HeyI'm trying to install ax64 Vista SP1 client...---In another forum I've read, that I need to install the WinPE-XML-Package to the boot.wim. Right now I'm making a new boot.wim, this time I take the source-File of the Windows AIK 1.1.I'm going to do following steps:- Implement XML-Package- Change targetpath to X:\- Implement NIC-Drivers- Rebuild the boot.wim---This didn't work, cuz i couldn't add any drivers (Error 80070002)GreetsLukasbtw. my log:--- wpeinit.log ---Info No unattend file was found; WPEINIT is using default settings to initialize WinPEInfo Spent 8156ms initializing removable media before unattend searchInfo ==== Initializing Display Settings ====Info No display settings specifiedInfo STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)Info ==== Initializing Computer Name ====Info Generating a random computer nameInfo STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000000)Info ==== Initializing Virtual Memory Paging File ====Info No WinPE page file setting specifiedInfo STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)Info ==== Initializing Optional Components ====Info WinPE optional component 'Microsoft-WinPE-WSH' is presentInfo STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000000)Info ==== Initializing Network Access and Applying Configuration ====Info No EnableNetwork unattend setting was specified; the default action for this context is to enable networking support.Info Service dhcp stop: 0x00000000Info Service lmhosts stop: 0x00000000Info Service bfe stop: 0x00000000Info Service ikeext stop: 0x00000000Info Service mpssvc stop: 0x00000000Info Spent 172ms initializing security templates; status 0x00000000Info Install MS_MSCLIENT: 0x0004a020Info Install MS_NETBIOS: 0x0004a020Info Install MS_SMB: 0x0004a020Info Install MS_TCPIP6: 0x0004a020Info Install MS_TCPIP: 0x0004a020Info Spent 5375ms installing network componentsInfo iSCSI: iBFT ACPI Table is not available on this systemInfo Installing device pci\ven_1011&dev_0009&subsys_21140a00&rev_20 X:\WINDOWS\INF\dc21x4vm.inf succeededInfo Spent 7407ms installing network driversInfo QueryAdapterStatus: found operational adapter with DHCP address assigned.Info Spent 0ms confirming network initialization; status 0x00000000Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000000)Info ==== Applying Firewall Settings ====Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)Info ==== Executing Synchronous User-Provided Commands ====Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)Info ==== Executing Asynchronous User-Provided Commands ====Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)Info ==== Applying Shutdown Settings ====Info No shutdown setting was specifiedInfo STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)

Hi,You don't need to modify your boot.wim. If you use SCCM SP1, you will have the WAIK 1.1. boot image already configured with the correct components. If not, check this:http://www.techlog.org/archive/2008/03/21/how_to_add_waik_11_boot_imagesor thishttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/950782/en-us.As far as i can see, you have network indeed.At a certain moment the drivers you specified in your task sequence will be loaded, so do you have the correct drivers in your task sequence as well? (driver package?, and how do you load drivers?)Did you check the PXE password b.t.w? Just to be sure that isn't the problem.Regards,Kennethhttp://www.techlog.org | http://www.activewin.com

If you don't have a media password set, then valiate your content is not corrupted on your DP. Try redistributing the content (i.e. image ) to the DP and see if it resolves the issue. You may also want to recreate the boot.wim. John | Program Manager | System Center Configuration Manager

I know this thread is quite old, but I have come across this problem twice now and the solution has been the same both times. Our boot image contains the correct network card drivers and we were experiencing a reboot at the same point as Maarten. It turns out that someone in our environment created a package but did not publish it to a distribution point. It was added to the imaging Task Sequence and that was when the problem arose. It seems that if there are any steps in the imaging Task Sequence that cannot be fulfilled then the Task Sequence does not run at all. Removing this package from the task sequence fixed the problem, so i suggest looking through all the steps in your task sequence to ensure the packages are up to date and they have been published to a DP on your site server or BDP. Make sure all your DP's have the same version of the package also. Use the Manage Distribution Points wizard to do this. Hope this helps people out there.

My issue was a new Driver package was not assigned to the main Distribution point. This was not added to the PXE DP as the drivers were already included in the PE WIM.