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Message: [QUOTE="Ben, post: 11094498"] Hi, I've been deploying Windows XP/2000 installs using RIS since it was first released. Recently we upgraded from Windows 2003 to 2003 R2, which installed WDS. For a while I continued to use the legacy images via RIS for deployment. However, now I have a bit of free time, and a new 64 bit laptop, I've started looking into using WDS. I've built a base install, with Win XP SP2 64 bit, added all the required drivers, then run sysprep, and rebooted. First thing I noticed, after pressing F12 to boot WDS/RIS, was that I was not given the option of booting ANY of the x64 images (Windows Vista PE (x64), or Windows Vista Boot Image (x64)), only the x86 versions. I continued anyway, and ran WDSCapture after Win PE (x86) finished booting. I took the image, and uploaded it to the WDS server. I can now see the image (Win XP SP2 x64.wim) in the Install Images group, in the WDS mmc, alongside Vista Ultimate (both x86 & x64), and Business (both x86 & x64). I rebooted the laptop, and entered the WDS/RIS screen, again, the only options shown were the x86 images (and legacy RIS). None of the x64 options. When I boot into the Vista Setup/Boot image, I'm only offered the x86 versions of Vista Business & Ultimate, not the x64 versions, or my XP image. I've added the path to Boot\x64\images\boot.wim in the WDS Properties Boot tab, and the laptop is a new Dell D630, with 2.2Ghz EM64T Intel Duo Centrino. If I boot into RIS, I'm given the option of selecting Windows 32 bit, or Windows 64 bit, so RIS recognises the laptop as having x64 architecture. Am I missing something? Any help much appreciated! Many thanks Ben [/QUOTE]

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