Re: Unique SIDs (was great utilities for XP admin)

Did you add them to a domain? If you did, it generates a new SID.

John

Jon Forrest wrote:
> Lawrence Sweet wrote:
>
>> newsid.exe in particular is great; it can generate random, valid XP
>> SP1,2 SID's, apply them, rename the machine, and reboot.
>
> This reminds me ... For several years I used Ghost to load images
> on a bunch of PCs without changing the SIDs. So, every machine
> in the PC lab had the same SID. The strange thing about this was
> that inspite of all the warning you hear and read, this never
> seemed to cause any problems. Was I just lucky?
>
> Cordially,
> Jon Forrest
> Computer Resources Manager
> Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept.
> 305 Davis Hall
> Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720-1710
> 510-642-0904
> forrest@ce.berkeley.edu
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The following was automatically added to this message by the list server:
>
> For information about Micronet, including subscribing to
> or unsubscribing from its mailing list and finding out
> about upcoming meetings, please visit the Micronet Web site:
> <http://micronet.berkeley.edu/>.

-- 
John E. Weber
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Central Computing Services - IS&T
Campus Active Directory Architect, CalNet Active Directory
University of California, Berkeley
johnweber@berkeley.edu
2195 Hearst Avenue, #300B-07
(510) 642-8426
http://calnetad.berkeley.edu

------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following was automatically added to this message by the list server:

For information about Micronet, including subscribing to
or unsubscribing from its mailing list and finding out
about upcoming meetings, please visit the Micronet Web site:
<http://micronet.berkeley.edu/>.