No image catalog for 32-bit images when running Vista x64 SP1

I have had severe problems with System Image Manager crashing when trying to create the Catalog file for a Vista Enterprise SP1 image. The other day an updated version of the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Server 2008 Windows Automated Installation Kit was released and my hopes were high for a fix being included. That version crashed as well and after studying the release notes it clearly state that what I am trying to do is no longer supported, as I am running a 64-bit version of Vista and am trying to create a catalog image for a 32-bit image of Vista. Another SP1 problem it seems!

“Because of the changes in the servicing stack in Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008, Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) cannot create catalog files for some Windows images of different architecture types. The following list describes the Image Manager architecture types and catalogs that can be created for each one.

  • x86 Image Manager
    Can create catalogs for x86, x64, and Itanium-based Windows images.
  • x64 Image Manager
    Can create catalogs only for x64 Windows images.
  • Itanium-based Image Manager
    Can create catalogs only for Itanium-based Windows images.”

See the release notes and download the new WAIK package.

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