Hi Christoph,
Thanks for your suggestions. I'll check the log files and the event tab and check out the debug log.
For the record, the domain admin account used by View Composer works fine - I can successfully quickprep Win XP SP2 machines so Win XP SP3 should be no different (you would think). Ditto with the DHCP settings as it has always worked with SP2 machines but I'll double check tomorrow when I'm back in the office.
