Had the exact same problem and had to solve it by reinstall and set password for PXE. Hope this bug gets fixed with a hotpatch very soon!!
SCCM - Loop running PXE task sequence
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SccmSerg
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Good morning everyone.
A constant loop occurs when trying to deploy a new machine using PXE.
This occurs after upgrading from version 2409 to 2503. Previously, we were able to deploy new machines successfully.
In the SMSTS.log file, we see the following error:
memcmp(pNetworkPassword, m_bNetworkPasswd, cbNetworkPassword)==0, HRESULT=80004005 (..\pxecrypt.cpp,175)
passwd.ExtractPassword(bVariableKey, DhcpOptions.VariableKeyLen), HRESULT=80004005
PxeGetPxeData failed with 0x80004005
Seems related with network password ... But I don't know ...
Regards and TIA!
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Henrik Thilander 15 Reputation points2025-06-26T17:13:35.86+00:00 -
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muels7 5 Reputation points2025-07-07T18:25:34.0466667+00:00 I didn't have to reinstall PXE, I just had to set a password to resolve the issue. Very annoying.
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muels7 5 Reputation points
2025-07-07T18:24:49.31+00:00 Having the same issue. Looks like adding a password to the DP solves the issue. No where in the release notes did MS say this was a requirement now.
Not a huge deal, but now I need to get this info out to all my helpdesk techs across the org for when they need to image a device. In our environment, a password isn't really necessary.
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Herrieman 0 Reputation points2025-08-14T19:46:38.73+00:00 Confirmed, only needed to set password for PXE on PXE tab on DP role.
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SccmSerg 5 Reputation points
2025-10-10T09:42:38.05+00:00 Very very long time without write in this forum... Sorry guys.
Have someone any news about this? Have MS solution to don't set a password in PXE?
Is new requirement ?Any news??
Regards,
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Chris 5 Reputation points2025-06-18T14:53:57.49+00:00 Hi,
we had the exact same issue with the same error message after the upgrade to 2503.
The DP was set up without a PXE password.
We disabled, PXE on the DP, enabled PXE again and set a PXE password. That fixed it for us.
Best regards
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SccmSerg 5 Reputation points
2025-06-25T06:40:40.2866667+00:00 Morning,
Yes! Seems a bug from new version 2503...
But... Have you disabled the password again? Can you use it without password?
I enabled password and works fine, but ....When I disabled the password, we have the same issue.
Regards,
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Rüegger Jasmin 0 Reputation points2025-12-15T15:29:07.6666667+00:00 This was fixed for us with the hotfix for 2503. But there was a new error with client certificate selection, so we rolled back to 2409.
Tested 2509 today and experienced the same pxe problem with this version also. It works when I set a pxe password, but that's not something we will take into production.