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PID/SID

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Just a quick question, could I have a definition of PID/SID please ?Sunday, June 4, 2006 5:25 AM
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G_MS_H:
They could mean a few different things. PID: Product identifier, process identifier.
SID System identifier or Security identifier.
Greg
Monday, June 5, 2006 4:08 PM
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G_MS_H:
They could mean a few different things. PID: Product identifier, process identifier.
SID System identifier or Security identifier.
Greg
Monday, June 5, 2006 4:08 PM -
Many thanks Greg, are you affiliated with MS in any way, or a user like myself ?
Unfortunately your answer does not clarify the situation, acronyms save typing but are not known for their clarity, so could I have a definitive answer please?Tuesday, June 6, 2006 11:38 AM -
G_MS_H
See this link, page 3, for a decent explanationof Product ID: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/1/6/21654b16-6c81-4d96-9390-5203cd43d07d/WindowsProductActivationTechnicalMarketBulletin.doc
This MS KB article has a brief explanation of SID: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q243330
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 5:07 PM -
Many thanks Dan, answered my questionsThursday, June 8, 2006 11:20 AM
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G_MS_H,
You're welcome!
Thursday, June 8, 2006 4:00 PM -
G_MS_H:
I apologize for missing your post. Theres been a recent "flood" of user inquiries in that I wanted to get answered ASAP. I'm glad Dan did answer your post though. He, along with Carey, are the two best contributors we have :).
-Phil Liu
Thursday, June 8, 2006 6:17 PM