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July 16, 2009 at 06:14 AM
mancalledsun

XP machines with duplicate GUIDs. If I join the domain, what happens?

by mancalledsun . Updated 16 years, 11 months ago

Hello,

I have a machine (A) I would like to join to a domain though RIS. When I give it a name at the PXE boot and continue to join a domain, it tells me the GUID already exists.

The machine with the same GUID (B) is currently in use and cannot be tampered with.

I have totally removed machine A from AD but it still recognises the duplication.

Is anybody able to tell me what will happen if I continue and ignore the warning? For example, as the machines have different names in AD, will it matter that they have the same GUID? Or is there a way of being sure that this won’t happen again, i.e. can I change the GUID or somehow remove all trace of it’s connection to machine A?

Thanks in anticipation!

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