DS 7.1 Prep PC for Image Capture not working

I have read through the forum but I have not seen a solution that works. Thanks for reading.

I am trying to capture from a Dell Desktop PC an image with Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 64-bit.

The agent and all plug-ins are installed including Deployment Sulotion Plug-in V7.1.8400.

I run the job with the correct OS Type (Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1(x64).

I have attempted with both "Current Key" and I have specified a key.

Windows on the image is not activated.

This task will not run in a Job or as a stand-alone task.

Everything reports as running on both the client and the SMP Console.

Eventually the task fails after over an hour with a return code of -1

Sysprep.exe is running on the target PC.

Thank you for your help.

C