Re: Does XP Professional require each workstation on a network to have a unique SID?

From: Jim Watson (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:31:05 -0800

Thank you so very much for you input.
     
     ----- Bruce Chambers wrote: -----
     
     Greetings --
     
         Yes, each WinXP workstation, like WinNT and Win2K before it, must
     have a unique SID. This SID is created automatically as the
     workstation is added to the domain, and not third party "SID
     generator" is required, no more that one was required for WinNT or
     Win2K.
     
         The only time you _might_ need to change a machine's SID is if you
     used Ghost or some other drive imaging application to clone machines.
     And, in this case, most disk cloning software comes with its own "SID
     changer."
     
     
     Bruce Chambers
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     "Jim Watson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
     news:51CE3AE3-4FFB-48C6-8846-8C8ED6F3AB72@microsoft.com...
>I was informed just today that I am soon to be receiving 30 new
>workstations which will have Windows XP Professional installed on
>them. This will be my first experience with XP Professional. When I
>got my first exposure to Windows 2000 Professional, I quickly found
>that each Win2k workstation had to have its own unique SID in order
>to join to, and participate, on my company's network.
>> Does Windows XP Professional require each workstation on the network
> to have its own unique SID? If so what utilities (preferably free
> ones) are there to generate a new SID for XP Professional
> workstations?
>> I'm currently using a free download called 'NewSID' to generate SIDs
> for all my Win2k worstations. Perhaps I could use THAT ultility to
> generate SIDS on Windows XP Professional workstations.
>> Please advise.
     
     
     

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