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The Machine SID Duplication Myth

toppings writes "Microsoft Technical fellow Mark Russinovich explains why he is now retiring NewSID, which has been used by IT departments for years when deploying Windows to new systems from customized clone images. Russinovich writes: 'The reason that I... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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