NEWSID on Windows 2008 Ent x64

[Roy T]

When I run newsid v4.1 on the windows 2008 ent x64 server, it returns with
"NewSID was unable to access the Computer's SID" error.

Is it supported? If not, what is the alternative?

Thanks

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello Roy,

Using NewSid was never supported from MS on any OS version. The only MS supported
tool is sysprep.

Look into:
C:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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[Dusko Savatovic]

Run NewSID with RunAs Administrator.

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[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello Dusko,

I would not use NewSid, it is not supported from MS and also it changes only
the SID. Sysprep changes more then the SID only.

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Meinolf Weber
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[Ace Fekay [MCT]]

"Dusko Savatovic" <nospam.s...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Run NewSID with RunAs Administrator.

I must agree with Meinolf. NewSid or any other SID changer doesn't do the
trick. There are many places in the reg that it misses, Also, it causes
problems with DCOM and the VSS, among other things, that a sysprepped image
take care of with no problems. I;ve seen anamolies with the SID changers in
the past and simply do not trust them.

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[Anthony [MVP]]

Roy,
1) It was never supported.
2) It used to provide a quick and dirty way of changing a SID in a test
environment
3) Sysprep in Vista and 2008 does much more than change the SID.
Anthony
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