[sdw2003] Windows 7 deployment options...

[Kinzer, Lowell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com] On
> Behalf Of Thaddeus Braun
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:49 PM
> 
> Man, that makes for great reading!! I can't believe the volume of
> comments from the Internet on this. I want to believe it, but I recall
> incidents, like other posters on the Russinovich page, where NewSID
> fixed a ton of troubles. How could that have been? I want to see
> Microsoft's official posting of the "perceived" problem and why it's not
> a problem anymore. GREAT link!!

There are some managed applications that do require a unique SID for each Windows installation. IBM Proventia Desktop is one. If the agent is installed on multiple systems that have the same SID, only one agent will appear in the management console.

Cheers,

Lowell
lkinzer at ucsd.edu