On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Reimer, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve read that I do need to sysprep, and I’ve read that I don’t need to > sysprep because the machines are on a domain
That's wrong, and maybe even backwards. The major thing SYSPREP does is generate a new SID (Security Identifier) for the machine. The SID is what Windows uses to uniquely identify the machine -- it matters more than the hostname, the AD GUID, and the SPN. If you have two machines on the domain with the name SID, the domain controller will puke all over the place, as it sees two PCs with the same SID. If you're *not* running a domain, and the computers don't need to talk to each other or the same server, then you might be able to get away without SYSPREP. The computers will all have the same SID, but since they never encounter each other, they don't notice. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
