WDS - no network initialization on capture image only

Hi,

I have a Dell Precision 390 desktop machine which has a on-board Broadcom
57xx network card. I have created a boot image from my Windows Vista
Business DVD and put it on the WDS server. I can boot to this fine and the
network card drivers load and the network initializes as expected. However,
when I then create a Capture image from the boot image and attempt to boot
from this, the network card does not initialize. I have to press Shift-F10
and run 'wpeutil initializenetwork'. Then the card comes up fine and I can
carry on. Has anyone seen this strange behaviour before? I have tried
injecting various drivers into the boot image to no avail. No matter what I
try the network card will not automatically initialize when booting from the
capture image. I'm sure it's something to do with the Precision 390 but I
don't know what. I have set up WDS in different test environment with
different machines and everything works fine.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul

I don't believe it. I managed to get it working. When booting from a
'capture' image, the network card doesn't initialize until the moment you
click the 'Connect' button to connect to the WDS server.

When loading from a 'boot' image the card initializes immediately. How
strange!

"Paul" <65smith@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a Dell Precision 390 desktop machine which has a on-board Broadcom
> 57xx network card. I have created a boot image from my Windows Vista
> Business DVD and put it on the WDS server. I can boot to this fine and
> the network card drivers load and the network initializes as expected.
> However, when I then create a Capture image from the boot image and
> attempt to boot from this, the network card does not initialize. I have
> to press Shift-F10 and run 'wpeutil initializenetwork'. Then the card
> comes up fine and I can carry on. Has anyone seen this strange behaviour
> before? I have tried injecting various drivers into the boot image to no
> avail. No matter what I try the network card will not automatically
> initialize when booting from the capture image. I'm sure it's something
> to do with the Precision 390 but I don't know what. I have set up WDS in
> different test environment with different machines and everything works
> fine.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>