i've seen it before, press f8 and open smsts.log with cmtrace, you'll probably see it's in a loop 'waiting...' for something, could be caused by an update that is misbehaving
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Rickym61 <[email protected]> wrote: > Just trying to see if anyone has any ideas on the below. > > SCCM 2007 SP2 R2 (wish it was CM 2012) > Windows 7 x64 OS. > No MDT. > > Reference image quarterly update time: > > Software updates either take forever to download and install (last few > attempts excess of 6 hours alone) - any ideas why this takes so long? > > If get passed above, it does a reboot from the install software updates TS > step, then today stuck/hung on "setup is preparing your computer for first > use" over 2 hours, left it running over weekend now. - any ideas. Going to > try it again next week to see if it's a 1 off. > > Thanks in advance. > > >

