Hi again EdT,
Sorry - wasn't very complete was it! Server 2012R2
Uncertainty is indeed the main topic....I frankly don't know what the hell is going on here any more.. I did a bit more digging and MP2 had already been installed before the last successful deployment of at least one Win7 image to a classroom of machines. MP2 installed 20th, successful deployment on 23rd.
Target machines are the dreaded HP450G3 laptops that have been giving me so much grief since day 1. UEFI, AHCI. Switches - well, I did firmware upgrades on them last week. What is your thinking there? Interesting that you ask.
Tried to generate an image using the -IR switch last night. Created OK but attempting to deploy it to another (identical) machine prompts an 'Internal Error 8027' so that's no good either.
I'm trying very hard to be patient with this product and accept that it's a complex topic. BUT...having spent a significant amount of money to update to the new version and provide a suitable platform for it, it simply doesn't work properly or at all in places. Worse, it changes from one day to the next it seems and I've now gone from a flawed but at least workable system to a non-working one....with no idea how it happened.
The call for the original issue with the HP450G3 machines and Win7 is now in it's third month with no sight of a solution.....unless you consider that I can no longer get a single working Win7 image an effective solution to that particular issue I suppose....
To date, not one single thing has gone smoothly with this product from day 1. The installation was a nightmare and it's gone downhill from there so confidence is low to say the least.