The Machine SID Duplication Myth

Posted on November 6, 2009May 3, 2020 by Alan

Mark Russinovich, the founder of SysInternals, and now a Microsoft employee has debunked what we all learned about duplicate SIDS. http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx

Note that the advise does not apply to systems that have been joined to a domain and then cloned. Still a really bad idea. Also, SysPrep is still recommended. A worthwhile read.

Tags: SIDS

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