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SYMPTOMSWhen you attempt to establish trusts among a number of domains using User Manager for Domains, the following error message appears:
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you attempt establish a trust with a domain that
has the same domain security identification (SID) information as another
domain that is already trusted, or has the same local Domain SID. This
problem occurs when you:
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. MORE INFORMATION
A domain SID is generated during installation when you decide if you want
the newly installed computer to be the PDC of a new domain. If there is
no domain reachable on the network with that domain name, a new SID is
generated. If you decide you want the computer to be a BDC, it browses
the network for a PDC of a domain with that name and use that same domain
SID. Once a SID is generated for a domain it does not change. This means
that if you change a domain's name, it retains the same domain SID. Additional query words: prodnt usrmgr
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