Challenge: Regenerate machine SID

greetings,

i have vm have uploaded hosted service.  regenerate sid, not have console access.  in short, cannot use sysprep.  doing cause windows boot oobe prompts, , system dead in th e water.

how can regenerate sid without sysprep, , without impacting server boot process (so can still rd it)

thanks!

it's not reboot concerns me, it's console access required re-enter data.  there's no way auto-answer?

it's possible.

sysprep, when executed on live machine resets server name, licensing , network interfaces apart changing sids. can automate , supply hostname, license configurations , static ip in auto answer file can used sysprep. 

please see nice article by  brian jackson on sysprep.

http://theitbros.com/sysprep-a-windows-7-machine-%e2%80%93-start-to-finish

also, refer tim quan's reply on setting static ip address against mac address in unattend file forum thread.

unattend.xml automate static ip

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en/winserversetup/thread/63eccbca-09f6-46e1-b701-3c450249342d

p.s. test out these procedures in lab environment before doing prod machines :-)

i move thread setup deployment forum more appropriate place discussion.

thanks

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regards, santosh

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