First of all we are new here to Altiris so apologies for my impending n00bness...
We have an issue with our Windows 7 PCs already deployed via CMS, that are always booting into WinPE instead of the local HDD. This has been a problem in the past during the initial deployment, but a few days ago after installing the latest Symantec updates via Symantec Installation Manager (I can't remember which updates they were and don't know where to look to find out?), all PCs are now booting into WinPE on startup. We have the PCs set to boot via PXE first, but usually since there are no tasks waiting for them, they just roll on to booting from the HDD. That isn't happening now. They are now booting into WinPE everytime and just sitting there unusable, waiting for tasks.
I have pushed out a "Reboot To Production" task which is also hit and miss - sometimes they boot to HDD and sometimes boot straight back into WinPE. Sometimes I have to push out the task 2,3 or more times to a PC before it will eventually reboot from the HDD. But even those that do boot into production revert back to booting into WinPE when they are restarted.
Things we've tried so far:
- Restarting the Symantec Boot Services in the appropriate order
- Rebuilding the Preboot Configuration files
- Turning off PXE WinPE booting for unknown computers
I have an open case with Symantec support but I always seem to get assigned to the chap who only has an hour left on his shift...so won't hear anything back from him until tomorrow, his inital suggestions aren't really workable (Turn of PXE booting in the BIOS, turn off WOL etc.)
Just wanting to keep my options open and ask for help here also.
Anything I should be checking/looking at?