Comments on: How to change SID on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 using sysprep?

By: Netmon1

Netmon1 — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:55:11 +0000

Thank you, I destroyed a VM by using NewSID, thankfully I had a snapshot I was able to restore to. Doing it this way resolved a SID issue due to me cloning in ESXi since I did not have vCenter Server.

By: Mac

Mac — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:09:50 +0000

I've just run sysprep sucessfully on a couple of Win7 64-bit Enterprise machines. I've installed Win7 from scratch on the first machine. Then I run sysprep. After reboot, I made an image. I restored the image on multiple machines, same hardware of course. They all boot up nicely, asking me to give the machine a new name and a new user. A little weird thing is that Win7 re-scans all the hardware and re-installs all the drivers from the scratch. It basically did that okay, except that the VGA driver did not get recognized, so on all machines I had to re-install the VGA driver manually.

Hope this helps.

By: Chax

Chax — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:48:04 +0000

Thank you.

By: Josh Schaa

Josh Schaa — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:27:07 +0000

Hey I just ran newsid tool on Windows 7 Ent. that was a imaged hdd. It ruined the install, currently reimaging the machine now. Same with the steps here on the Win 7 Ent. I have tried twice, currently reimaging the sysprep machine for the second time.

By: LazyJeff How To and Reviews » The Same Machine Security Identifier SID

LazyJeff How To and Reviews » The Same Machine Security Identifier SID — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:13:06 +0000

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By: mismis

mismis — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:38:17 +0000

I want to change/set a specific SID on Windows 7 x64 computer.
You said a guy from microsoft sent you the newSID tool to use with Server 2k8 R2, probably works with 7even. Could you please send me
this new version of newsid tool?
Thx

By: Karthikeyan Sundaram

Karthikeyan Sundaram — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:01:06 +0000

Hey Thanks for your Information Mr.

By: Shady ElAsra

Shady ElAsra — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:22:27 +0000

I have found your post after a guy from Microsoft sent me the NewSid tool to use with Server 2008 R2 and it kept loading forever. I tried your way, and it worked. Thanks.

By: Ilija Brajkovic

Ilija Brajkovic — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:04:13 +0000

I'm not sure you can do it, and I don't see any reason why you want to do it.

By: afx01

afx01 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:36:09 +0000

manually*