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SID's instead of usernames..

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by reference

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Can anyone tell me why I see SID's (S-1-S-91283749823-12908391082374) instead of a username (joeblow) in many different area's, but specifically in security policy
key:logon locally - administrators;S-1-S-981391827-1298391872;maryjoe;joemary;
etc..
Microsoft seems to be oblivious to this issue, although I've seen it on several occasions. And the second question is, does it matter?

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by mfischer

You would see sids for a couple of reasons.

1 - Where you see a sid there USED to be an end users account which has probably been deleted

2 - You may also see sids if you are on a different network or not on the network at all.

by reference

I think the first answer about old acounts is correct. I compared the full SID number with my current users, and they are completely different. I simply deleted there existence in my security policy, no problems yet!
Thanks for the help!

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