how to determine the SID of an XP Pro user ?

I need to fix up /customize his profile from admin. If I know the SID I can
use script to set his user shell under hkey_users without logging in his
ID. even make changes the user can't make

PsGetSid
http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/psgetsid.html

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"jg" wrote:

| how to determine the SID of an XP Pro user ?
|
| I need to fix up /customize his profile from admin. If I know the SID I can
| use script to set his user shell under hkey_users without logging in his
| ID. even make changes the user can't make

Lists the SIDs for all the user accounts and places SID.txt on the Desktop.

SIDList.vbs
Lists the SIDs for all the user accounts
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/SIDList.vbs

from...
List of utilities available in this site
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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jg <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> how to determine the SID of an XP Pro user ?
>
> I need to fix up /customize his profile from admin. If I know the SID I
> can use script to set his user shell under hkey_users without logging in
> his ID. even make changes the user can't make