Duplicate GUID

[Charles Blair]

When booting a workstation to the RIS server, I receive an error message
that a duplicate GUID has been detected. It does not state the name of the
duplicate GUID nor have I been able to find any duplicate computer account
in our Active Directory. I have also been unable to find any documentation
on removing duplicate GUIDs from AD. Any help is greatly appreciated.

TIA

Charles

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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When booting a workstation to the RIS server, I receive an error
message that a duplicate GUID has been detected. It does not state
the name of the duplicate GUID nor have I been able to find any
duplicate computer account in our Active Directory. I have also been
unable to find any documentation on removing duplicate GUIDs from AD.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

TIA

Charles

You could use ADSIEdit or ntdsutil to remove the duplicate object.

A duplicate GUID could also possibly (highly doubt it) from a NIC with a
duplicate MAC. It may also be a duplicate computer account that RIS is
installing on that the computer account hasn't been deleted yet before a
reinstallation attempt.

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Regards,
Ace

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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

 

[Laura A. Robinson]

circa Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:59:06 -0800, in
microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory, Charles Blair
([email protected]) said,

When booting a workstation to the RIS server, I receive an error message
that a duplicate GUID has been detected. It does not state the name of the
duplicate GUID nor have I been able to find any duplicate computer account
in our Active Directory. I have also been unable to find any documentation
on removing duplicate GUIDs from AD. Any help is greatly appreciated.

1. Search AD for the GUID.
2. Is this a RIPrep install or a CD-based install?

Laura

 

[Charles Blair]

This is a RIPrep based image and I get the error during the Client
Installation Wizard portion of the process. The funny thing is that the CIW
does not return the object name of the duplicate GUID like it is supposed
to. How can I search AD for the GUID?

Charles

 

[Laura A. Robinson]

circa Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:47:53 -0800, in
microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory, Charles Blair
([email protected]) said,

This is a RIPrep based image and I get the error during the Client
Installation Wizard portion of the process. The funny thing is that the CIW
does not return the object name of the duplicate GUID like it is supposed
to. How can I search AD for the GUID?

Are you comfortable with ADSIEdit?

Laura

 

[Jason Meyer]

I am running into this problem also. I get it durning text mode, before I
pick the image. Pretty odd. I do feel some what comfortable with ADSI Edit.

Jason

 

[Jason Meyer]

Never mind, I am an idiot. I was testing out the different settings for
naming computers. I had set it to custom (%firstname-%lastname) and forgot
to set back to a nice random one.

Jason

I am running into this problem also. I get it durning text mode, before I
pick the image. Pretty odd. I do feel some what comfortable with ADSI Edit.

Jason

circa Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:47:53 -0800, in
microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory, Charles Blair
([email protected]) said,

the

 

[Charles Blair]

Yes ... but I have never seen any search functionality for it.

Charles

 

[Jimmy Andersson [MVP]]

If you're familiar with Ldp.exe you can use it to search for the GUID. But
be careful, Ldp is a powerful tool.

Regards,
/Jimmy
--
Jimmy Andersson, Q Advice AB
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
---------- www.qadvice.com ----------

Yes ... but I have never seen any search functionality for it.

Charles

circa Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:47:53 -0800, in
microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory, Charles Blair
([email protected]) said,

the