I recently installed Microsoft Essentials on My windows 7 64 bit sp1 pc. I am getting this error over and over again Type : Error Date : 4/13/2012 Time : 12:31:04 AM Event : 72 Source : SideBySide Category : None User : N/A Computer : pc001.our.network.mydomain.com Description: Activation context generation failed for "c:\program files\microsoft security client\MSESysprep.dll".Error in manifest or policy file "c:\program files\microsoft security client\MSESysprep.dll" on line 10. The element imaging appears as a child of element urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1^assembly which is not supported by this version of Windows. I have MSE installed on several platforms XP 32 bit Vista 32 bit no issues just seems windows 7 64 bit?? Any ideas or thoughtsThomas R Grassi Jr

Hi, Please understand it is System Center Essentials Forum here. As the issue is related to Windows 7, please go to the corresponding forum for help: Windows 7 IT Pro http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro Thanks! Hope the issue will be resolved soon! Nicholas Li TechNet Community Support

Another duplicate of http://answers.microsoft.com/thread/a20da034-1cab-41e2-8522-ddcc12eed4f1~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (IE, Mail, Security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ Disclaimer: MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft