We disable the IMA service before cloning, and manually re-enable on the new server when it's appropriate. What methods have you tried to script a restart? I have some ideas but don't want to suggest things you have already tried. ________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stratton, Doug MSER:EX Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:23 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Cloaning MFPS3 and W2k3 We are trying to "automate" the deployment and have run into a snag. We sysprep the box with the IMA service set to manual but the couple of methods we tried to "script" a restart have failed. Anyone done this? How? thanks _______________________________________________ Doug Stratton CITS Technology Development Analyst Work: 250-356-6678 doug.m.stratton@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________