Details Why do I see an error message that "The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX..." is already assigned to another adapter? Solution Under certain conditions, you may see this error message from a Windows guest operating system: The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX...

As you probably know by now, Microsoft-based operating systems use SIDs (Security IDs) that are generated as part of the initial setup of Windows. If you have more than one computer with the same SID, this could cause problems, and cloning a computer...