Re: ghstwalk, Outlook Express

From: Shenan Stanley (newshelper_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/04/05

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    Galen wrote:
    > LOL I flagged this for reading to see what someone came up with for an
    > answer that was acceptable. That was yesterday morning. I've been busy
    > today - and will be for a few more days (secret, can't tell ya, haffa
    > kill ya type stuff -- err putting in a new floor really) but the
    > reason I'd flagged it was that it made me think of SIDs and some of
    > the changes. So, while it wasn't my question and while the answer was
    > accurate enough I want to thank all three of you for giving me pause
    > to think. Hmm... Now, in truth, we all know using the same SID is
    > potentially going to cause issues. If so, then, well, why is it so
    > common? People ghost an image and then, in the past, have rolled it
    > out all over the shop and returned with the oddest of issues. My
    > question is, while above, really as follows. If it's pretty well
    > documented (and no offense meant to the poster) why does it seem to
    > continue even to this day? Sorry for the simplistic addition but it's
    > curious to me.
    > Posting restricted to Microsoft Newsgroups only (I hope.)

    Why is it common?
     - Ignorance of the SID (does anyone know everything it might affect?)
     - Laziness ('why bother' attitude or 'too much trouble'..)
     - The thought of saving 2 minutes in the process.. (gotta make the
    donuts..)

    Most people (including those who post here often - myself included) do not
    know the full impact of a duplicate SID. Sure - we can tell you some things
    we have learned from experience or in answering questions like this thread..
    But there are likely other things it is used for in particular applications
    and such none of us imagined were there.

    The two minutes of a script running it takes to change it (ghostwalker,
    NewSID, etc.) just outweighs any possibility of problems down the line - for
    me. Other people don't want to add that one line to their scripts or don't
    know how. They also may have set some arbitrary limit on how long the
    process can take to redo the machines in question - and that 2 minutes puts
    them over... I don't see it - but - possible I suppose. 

    -- 
Shenan Stanley
     MS-MVP
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