XP Home & CALs

[Cliff]

Ok, I have an XP Home box that has run out of temp licenses. I thought,
incorrectly it seems, that if I changed the computer name and the user name
of the person logging into the TS box that it'd issue a new Temp license.
It seems that is not the case.

Any way around this?

Cliff

 

[Cliff]

I found the answer on google...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/tslichotfix.asp

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

I'm afraid you've misunderstood the TS Licensing requirements and
the function of the Licensing Enhancement hotfix.

XP Home clients need a bought TS CAL (unlike XP Pro clients, which
receive a build-in TS CAL from the TS Licensing Server). Once
you've used a temporary TS CAL on this client, you can't get
another one. All tricks and hacking to force the server to hand
out a new temporary TS CAL are a violation of the EULA.

The Licensing Enhancement hotfix (which is included in SP3, which
I believe you are running already) only adds an expiration date to
permanent TS CALs (and only those TS CALs that are installed on
the LS *after* applying the hotfix or SP3). That won't solve your
situation. Buying a TS CAL is the only legal way to solve it.

 

[Charles]

Windows XP Home need a TSCAL, like Windows 98, 95, ME or
NT. Windows XP Pro have a built in TSCAL for Windows 2003.

Charles

 

[Joe Zalewski]

If you need to purchase TS CALs try
http://www.thinclientpricing.com/microsoft.asp?MicrosoftCat=License

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Correction: Windows XP Pro gets a free TS CAL when connecting to a
W2K TS, but *not* when connecting to a Windows 2003 TS!

If you owned your XP Pro desktop license before 24 April 2003, you
can apply for a free TS CAL to connect to a Windows 2003 TS:

Terminal Server CAL Transition Plan FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/tsca
ltransfaq.mspx