Hi all, We are currently experiencing an intermittent problem when initiating a task sequence from within SCCM 2007 / MDT 2010 (integrated) gives rise to an error and the task sequence fails to start. The task sequence has a pre-requisite program specified in “Run another program first” Advanced tab which is used to initiate the removal of SafeBoot (drive encryption). This has worked previously on machines / VMs with and without SafeBoot installed but for some reason, yesterday, we have started to see the following errors when trying to initiate the task sequence from RAP. The task sequence is for an XP to Win7 upgrade, but the failure is occuring before we even get that far. From execmgr.log Program exit code 259 execmgr 25/05/2011 23:45:12 952 (0x03B8) <![LOG[Program ran past its maximum runtime. It will be orphaned]LOG]!><time="23:45:12.429+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="executionstatus.cpp:232"> <![LOG[Raising event: [SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)] instance of SoftDistProgramExceededTime { AdvertisementId = "EU120072"; ClientID = "GUID:cb95db2d-a288-415d-8837-6094f92e87b2"; DateTime = "20110525224512.445000+000"; MachineName = "XZXLXPBGJL3Q1"; MaximumTime = "720"; PackageName = "UEU01286"; ProcessID = 744; ProgramName = "MDT_safeboot_remove"; SiteCode = "E03"; ThreadID = 952; }; ]LOG]!><time="23:45:12.476+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="event.cpp:525"> <![LOG[Raised Program Exceeded Time Event for Ad:EU120072, Package:UEU01286, Program: MDT_safeboot_remove]LOG]!><time="23:45:12.492+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="executioncontext.cpp:945"> <![LOG[Raising event: [SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)] instance of SoftDistProgramExceededTime { AdvertisementId = "EU120066"; ClientID = "GUID:cb95db2d-a288-415d-8837-6094f92e87b2"; DateTime = "20110525224512.492000+000"; MachineName = "XZXLXPBGJL3Q1"; MaximumTime = "720"; PackageName = "UEU01286"; ProcessID = 744; ProgramName = "MDT_safeboot_remove"; SiteCode = "E03"; ThreadID = 952; }; ]LOG]!><time="23:45:12.508+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="event.cpp:525"> <![LOG[Raised Program Exceeded Time Event for Ad:EU120066, Package:UEU01286, Program: MDT_safeboot_remove]LOG]!><time="23:45:12.508+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="executioncontext.cpp:945"> <![LOG[Execution is complete for program MDT_safeboot_remove. The exit code is 259, the execution status is Unknown Status]LOG]!><time="23:45:12.508+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="execreqmgr.cpp:3908"> <![LOG[Execution Request for package EU100028 program * state change from Ready to WaitingDependency]LOG]!><time="23:45:13.023+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="executionrequest.cpp:488"> <![LOG[Executing program in Admin context]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.226+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="executionrequest.cpp:3277"> <![LOG[Execution Manager timer has been fired.]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.242+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="3644" file="execreqmgr.cpp:5188"> <![LOG[Execution Request for package EU100028 program * state change from WaitingDependency to NotifyExecution]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.258+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="executionrequest.cpp:488"> <![LOG[Executing program as a task sequence.]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.273+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="executionengine.cpp:176"> <![LOG[Successfully prepared command line "C:\WINDOWS\system32\CCM\TSLauncher.exe"]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.367+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="tasksequenceexecution.cpp:40"> <![LOG[Command line = "C:\WINDOWS\system32\CCM\TSLauncher.exe", Working Directory = C:\WINDOWS\system32\]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.367+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="scriptexecution.cpp:284"> <![LOG[Created Process for the passed command line]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.367+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="scriptexecution.cpp:407"> <![LOG[Raising event: [SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)] instance of SoftDistProgramStartedEvent { AdvertisementId = "EU120066"; ClientID = "GUID:cb95db2d-a288-415d-8837-6094f92e87b2"; CommandLine = "\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\CCM\\TSLauncher.exe\""; DateTime = "20110525224514.367000+000"; MachineName = "XZXLXPBGJL3Q1"; PackageName = "EU100028"; ProcessID = 744; ProgramName = "*"; SiteCode = "E03"; ThreadID = 952; UserContext = "NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM"; WorkingDirectory = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\"; }; ]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.383+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="event.cpp:525"> <![LOG[Raised Program Started Event for Ad:EU120066, Package:EU100028, Program: *]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.383+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="executioncontext.cpp:523"> <![LOG[Merging policies]LOG]!><time="23:45:14.695+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="2" thread="3644" file="softdistpolicy.cpp:3060"> <![LOG[Program exit code 1168]LOG]!><time="23:45:15.070+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="3644" file="scriptexecution.cpp:547"> <![LOG[Looking for MIF file to get program status]LOG]!><time="23:45:15.070+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="3644" file="executionstatus.cpp:282"> <![LOG[Script for Package:EU100028, Program: * failed with exit code 1168]LOG]!><time="23:45:15.086+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="3" thread="3644" file="executionstatus.cpp:249"> <![LOG[Raising event: [SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)] instance of SoftDistProgramErrorEvent { AdvertisementId = "EU120066"; ClientID = "GUID:cb95db2d-a288-415d-8837-6094f92e87b2"; DateTime = "20110525224515.148000+000"; ExitCode = "1168"; MachineName = "XZXLXPBGJL3Q1"; PackageName = "EU100028"; ProcessID = 744; ProgramName = "*"; SiteCode = "E03"; ThreadID = 3644; UserContext = "NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM"; }; ]LOG]!><time="23:45:15.179+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="3644" file="event.cpp:525"> <![LOG[Raised Program Error Event for Ad:EU120066, Package:EU100028, Program: *]LOG]!><time="23:45:15.179+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="3644" file="executioncontext.cpp:648"> <![LOG[Execution is complete for program *. The exit code is 1168, the execution status is FailureNonRetry]LOG]!><time="23:45:15.226+-60" date="05-25-2011" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="952" file="execreqmgr.cpp:3908"> From smts.log Error getting running advert info. Code 0x80070490 TSLauncher 25/05/2011 23:45:14 3296 (0x0CE0) Error getting package location and access account information. Code 0x80070490 TSLauncher 25/05/2011 23:45:14 3296 (0x0CE0) Error initializing TS environment. Code 0x80070490 TSLauncher 25/05/2011 23:45:14 3296 (0x0CE0) Task sequence launcher advertisement failed!. Code 0x80070490 TSLauncher 25/05/2011 23:45:14 3296 (0x0CE0) Has anyone else experienced this problem?