Just to update, maybe help some others, I got my image load time down to 5 minutes! Unfortunately, sfim2_64 played no part in it. Respectfully, that file was not designed for mass deployment. I used WinPE in combination with ImageX and some tweaking. There's other solutions out there I'm sure. After disabling the EWF(which is key), I added registry keys to RunOnce running newsid(freeware) solving unique names and SID issues and bingo. My perfect thin client image, with all the super fly files & software I added can flash an out of a box display in under ten minutes. You wouldn't recognize it. Cheers-