Workstations Already Deployed w/o Sysprep and w/ Novell Client

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Hello all,



I spoke with company that currently uses Novell and deployed XP workstations
via disk duplication without using SYSPREP. These machines are all installed
with the Novell Netware Client. They would like to migrate to AD, but do not
want to reimage their workstations. Besides the profile translations
required and joining the domain, I see the following concerns:



Will Microsoft support instance of XP where the Novell Netware client was
previously installed.

Previously, I have heard that Microsoft will not support an instance of XP
once the Novell Netware client was installed, even if after it has been
uninstalled. In the past, the client has been notoriously difficult to
uninstall completely and switches out the gina.dll used for authentication.
Does anyone know the official stance or is this something that is negotiated
on a per customer basis?



Must all existing workstations be issued new local SIDs to participate in
Active Directory and will Microsoft support this?

I know the bottom line is that Microsoft will not support duplicated XP
instances that have not been issued new SIDs by SYSPREP, so Microsoft
probably will not support these workstations if they are added to an Active
Directory domain with the same SID. The workstations will still be able to
join the domain since the domain issued SID will be different for each
workstation. The local SID for each are the same for each duplicated
computer and are only used for the machine itself and its media that
utilizes NTFS ACLS. I have not tried SYSPREPing workstations already
deployed and in use, so I am not sure if all profiles will be correctly
updated. Sysinternal's NewSID could help, but that method is also
unsupported by Microsoft.





Any thoughts?





Thanks,

Ignaurus13


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