Today I run into a annoying problem. During my Windows 7 OSD deployment the task sequence freezes when the installation of the Software Updates starts. I searched for errors in the log files but none of them was showing errors.  I searched the Microsoft forums and found the following KB Article.

The problem:
During my Windows 7 OSD Deployment the task sequence freezes on the installation of the Software Updates. The task sequence freezes on the following screen:

My SMSTS.LOG file gives every minute the following status: “Waiting for job status notification …”.  No other log file is giving a error.

  
Solution:

Install the hotfix from the following KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509007/en-us