Re: sysprep and nosidgen

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"barrymdonahue" <barrymdonahue.3j4tkb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:barrymdonahue.3j4tkb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have been using sysprep to prepare Windows 2000, XP and Windows 2003
images for Virtual Machine testing. When I prep the images I always
select nosidgen. I am trying to get Vista and Windows 2008 images
ready
for test but there seems to be no equivalent to nosidgen. The images
are
only used for testing and only live for the lenth of the test. It's
important for the SID not to be changed or some of the software I've
installed will not work. Anybody know if there is a way to prevent SID
generation in Vista sysprep?


The only thing that looks promising to me is /audit, which is the same
as -factory in XP's sysprep. Might be worth a try. Another possibility
would be to wait until after un-sealing before installing your software,
then capture the image for use in your testing. Finally, there are
utilities that are supposed to let you change the SID, perhaps using one
to force the desired SID might work.

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