We have a scenario where it's not possible for us to use Sysprep with Windows 2008. Has anyone had any issues using NewSID to generate new SID's on cloned Windows 2008 images?
Update:
According to Mark Russinovich, the author of NewSID, it doesn't matter if cloned machines have the same SID:
You don't need NewSID.
See Mark Russinovich's latest blog entry: The Machine SID Duplication Myth.
In fact I've done it. Worked fine for me! Had it rename the server and everything. As a matter of practice, I use it on machines before they are added to a domain of course, so you don't have any login issues after the reboot...
One thing to be aware of, but probably won't cause a problem: NewSID won't create new SID's for accounts like IUSR_machine (less of a problem for Win2k8 compared to earlier Servers which replied on such accounts).
I'd be more interested in investigating and resolving the reasons why you can't sysprep, to be honest. I much prefer to use the "official" method for doing these things as i've learned through bitter experience that workarounds can often break (and sometimes badly) months or years down the line.
