Is there a way to change Sid in Windows 7?
Is there a way to change Sid in Windows 7?
There use to be a brilliant utility called NewSID, but it does not work with Windows 7. The official way to change SID is using sysprep which is built into Windows 7, as far as I know there is no way other than sysprep. c:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe
What’s the best way to change a machine SID?
The best practice up to now has been to run a SID-resetting utility like NewSID to change SIDs. These utilities generate a new machine SID, try to find all the locations on a system, including all the file system and registry ACLs, that contain copies of the machine SID, and update them to the new SID.
Is there a way to change Sid on redeployed image?
The problem with this method is that it’s a very complex and involved procedure for such a minor tweak – hence the NewSID utility.
What does SID mean in Windows local system?
A SID is a variable-length numeric value that consists of a structure revision number, a 48-bit identifier authority value, and a variable number of 32-bit subauthority or relative identifier (RID) values. The authority value identifies the agent that issued the SID, and this agent is typically a Windows local system or a domain.
The best practice up to now has been to run a SID-resetting utility like NewSID to change SIDs. These utilities generate a new machine SID, try to find all the locations on a system, including all the file system and registry ACLs, that contain copies of the machine SID, and update them to the new SID.
There use to be a brilliant utility called NewSID, but it does not work with Windows 7. The official way to change SID is using sysprep which is built into Windows 7, as far as I know there is no way other than sysprep. c:\\Windows\\System32\\sysprep\\sysprep.exe
The problem with this method is that it’s a very complex and involved procedure for such a minor tweak – hence the NewSID utility.
Is there any way to duplication machine SIDS?
The only way it would be is if Windows ever references the machine SIDs of other computers.
