RIS detected two computers with same GUID

Most of my computers came pre-setup from the factory, however with all the
updates to various packages we have done over the past couple of years I
thought it would be best just to scrap the computers and start from scratch
on each hard drive.

I setup a RIS image for all my computers and set a bunch of software to
install to the computers via Group Policies in AD. Most all the computers
went flawlessly, but somehow I have two computers that have the same GUID???

I thought that part of the GUID was the MAC address so how could it be
possible for two computers to have the same GUID? The funny thing is that
these two computers have slightly different mother boards which makes it
even more unlikely that their GUID's would be the same.

Is there a way to change the GUID in the bios?

Jordan schrieb:
> Most of my computers came pre-setup from the factory, however with all the
> updates to various packages we have done over the past couple of years I
> thought it would be best just to scrap the computers and start from scratch
> on each hard drive.
>
> I setup a RIS image for all my computers and set a bunch of software to
> install to the computers via Group Policies in AD. Most all the computers
> went flawlessly, but somehow I have two computers that have the same GUID???
>
> I thought that part of the GUID was the MAC address so how could it be
> possible for two computers to have the same GUID? The funny thing is that
> these two computers have slightly different mother boards which makes it
> even more unlikely that their GUID's would be the same.

No. It' s even more likely! Because if the MoBo manufacturer gets things
wrong on a MoBo Series, the boards are the same and with same GUID.

I for example have an ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe with guess what GUID?

-> 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

Funny, isn' t it?

> Is there a way to change the GUID in the bios?

Try BIOS update. If its a known bug, it would be solved by this.

Well I got a bug report into Yukon (onboard adapter mfg) and they were
shocked about that. I also have a message into Asus to see what they think
and can do about it.

This kind of stinks because the Asus boards have been my primary pick for
the past 7 years. My disaster recovery plan has RIS central to our rapid
recovery plan and it will be totally useless if all the computers have the
same GUID. I would have to run just one at a time.

"Mario Schmidt" <mario.schmidt@mediavillage.de> wrote in message
news:f4b476$g2e$1@news01.versatel.de...
> Jordan schrieb:
>> Most of my computers came pre-setup from the factory, however with all
>> the updates to various packages we have done over the past couple of
>> years I thought it would be best just to scrap the computers and start
>> from scratch on each hard drive.
>>
>> I setup a RIS image for all my computers and set a bunch of software to
>> install to the computers via Group Policies in AD. Most all the
>> computers went flawlessly, but somehow I have two computers that have the
>> same GUID???
>>
>> I thought that part of the GUID was the MAC address so how could it be
>> possible for two computers to have the same GUID? The funny thing is
>> that these two computers have slightly different mother boards which
>> makes it even more unlikely that their GUID's would be the same.
>
> No. It' s even more likely! Because if the MoBo manufacturer gets things
> wrong on a MoBo Series, the boards are the same and with same GUID.
>
> I for example have an ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe with guess what GUID?
>
> -> 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
>
> Funny, isn' t it?
>
>> Is there a way to change the GUID in the bios?
>
> Try BIOS update. If its a known bug, it would be solved by this.
>