Cloned pc wont join domain

you also need to change the SID. use the ghstwalk.exe from the ghost software package to do this.

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at my company this always happens. here is the solution: after i clone a pc i must go into the bios and have it detect the hard drive again. then i make sure that it gets a ip address from dhcp (or is you know what a good ip address is use it) then go to network properties, identification tab, click on the change button and remove the pc from the domain and put it in a workgroup. click ok. then click on change again and then click on the domain radio button and add the domain name. click apply you should have a box pop up that says welcome to the domain. click ok and restart your pc. it should be on the domain when you reboot. if you still cant get to the domain remove the nic adapter under network properties and reinstall it. then go thru the above step again. for me these always work. if you still cant get to the domain make sure that all cables are installed where they are supposed to be (once someone had stolen the cable for a particular pc from the patch panel in the serverroom so i could not get on at all until i replaced it)

you should look into using Microsoft's sysprep for cloning PCs. It works great with symantec Ghost. when the PC is rebooted after the image had been loaded, it's like taking a new PC out of the box. You can also setup an unattend script to have itautomatically run through the GUI mode and generate a new computer name or enter one that you desire.

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