first user SID assigned in Vista

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tmike

to make NTFS permissions easier to manage, I synchronize SIDs between systems
on my primary multiboot system (one machine, one SID regardless of what
software is running on it); i also synchronize one specific user SID (i'm not
a different person just because i reboot my machine).

SO...could someone save me an hour or two with my first Vista install and
apprise me of the user SID (the last segment) that Vista assigns to the first
user created? i'm hoping that it is either -0003 or -0004 so i don't have to
reassign user IDs on the other boots :)

danke
 
I'm using Vista Home Premium x64 (Not sure if that makes a difference) and
the last -xxxx is -1000

Can you tell me a better way of doing an S-ID change? I've been trying to
use a program called 'newsid', but it keeps giving me an error and saying to
use system restore. Well I can't because that gives me an error too =pp

The power went out during an S-ID change, so it stripped me of every single
permission and locked my original documents folder so I can't access ANYTHING.
NONE of the special ownership tricks work.
I'm trying to do everything before putting this HD in another computer and
taking ownership THAT way (usually works).
 
yikes. i'd do the following in your situation:

- add a new drive (or partition at least) and install xp or vista on it
- boot the newly installed OS
- change the SID to the SID you were switching AWAY FROM the first time when
the power failed
- change the SID to the SID you were switching TO when the power failed
- buy a UPS <G>

that should work fine if the change was interrupted during the filesystem
changes. if it stopped during the registry changes,... well i might have to
think on that a bit more when i'm not hungover.
the basic idea is to change the SID to each of the bogus SIDs in turn, to
finally get them all to match in preparation for the final SID change.

good luck!
 
i realized on further thought that it would be more correct, and perhaps more
effective, to boot from the "real" install after doing the first SID change.
it just depends on whether newsid writes the new SID to the registry first,
or does all the registry changes together at the end. from the messages it
displays, it appears that it does the latter but i don't know that for sure.
fortunately i've never needed to know that :)
 
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