Comments on: Using NewSID to change SID

By: Jamshihamza

Jamshihamza — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:33:02 +0000

Some advanced web admins may look for the SID also. example www.neobux.com

By: Killing The Myth: The Machine SID Duplication | Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft virtualization blog

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:38:28 +0000

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By: Ilija Brajkovic

Ilija Brajkovic — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:24 +0000

As I said, NewSID is not supported, and sysprep should be used instead of it.
I have used PsGetSid on Windows Server 2008 R2, and it worked just fine, you have tutorial on this blog on how to use it, maybe you’re doing something wrong.

Thank you for your comment.

Ilija

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:23:24 +0000

Hi, I too have used NewSID for years but it does not work on Vista and Win7. My question is does the SID really matter? A domain only looks at the MAC address of the computer for identification, what does the computer SID do? No one at Microsoft seems interested in commenting on this issue. I am in the opinion that Bill Gates gets a spiff ( $ )every time one of us poor IT persons uses sysprep.

By the way I have tried PsGetSid on Win7 and I get the message that ‘PsGetSid’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. So much for that!

By: How to change SID on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 using sysprep? | Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft virtualization blog

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:09:45 +0000

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By: How to check your SID using PsGetSid? | Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft virtualization blog

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:35:29 +0000

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By: Markzz

Markzz — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:32:48 +0000

I have used NewSID for years and have changed literally 1000’s of OS SIDs with it.
I recently began developing a Windows 2008 R2 SOE image.
Therefore I performed my typical SID change with NewSID ver4.1.
After NewSID completed, the server rebooted as expect.
Unfortunatly it then blue screened. After some further testing I can confirm it’s NewSID which is the cause.
Sysprep is very invasive, I would very much like to use NewSID but can’t.

By: Ilija Brajkovic

Ilija Brajkovic — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:52:53 +0000

@skids
It works on Windows Server 2008 (as Marin says, it’s not recommended, but it worked fine for me), and I wrote this article describing how to do it on Server 2008, not on Vista or Windows 7.

By: skids

skids — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:23:58 +0000

NewSID does not work on Vist or Win 7, only XP and lower. Maybe you should do someresearch before you waste time writing a worthless article like this.

By: marin

marin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:42:28 +0000

It is not recommended to use NewSID on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, especially 64 bit platform. There are known issues (VSS and so on). Try using sysprep with default settings. You can find it here: Start – Run – sysprep .