PECTAgent - Application Error

I recently upgraded to DS 7.6 HF7, and I'm experiencing the following issue:

I use a WinPE bootable flash drive (from an ISO created with bootwiz) to deploy new PCs or PCs whose Windows installs are so messed up I can't even install the automation folder.

The PC boots just fine from the flash drive, and I get the Initial Deployment menu, which I had populated with various imaging options. I select an option to deploy an image, and rather than Ghost launching and imaging, I get this:

PECTAgent.exe - Application Error

The instruction at 0xc0b62075 referenced memory at 0x00000410. The memory could not be read.

Click on OK to terminate the program.

I can successfully ping the NS and SS from the command prompt by name and FQDN.

Thoughts?

Thanks!