Hi Just for information, I've come across a bug in SP1 that Microsoft are now working on a QFE for. Running SCCM SP1, i've found that there is a delay of up to 90 seconds between task sequence execution for software installation in an OS bare metal deployment. The problem seems to be when the task sequence is running a software installation step at State Restore and the task is just pausing before it kicks off the package install. I have about 25 tasks, and each of these pausing before build creates a pretty long install. Once the package is installing, its fine. Obviously as a workaround, I could use mandatory apps or MDT database, but we are deciding to stick with the task sequence and avoid an MDT database if its not 100% necessary becuase of the additional overhead. Cheers Ian |