License expire in 2 days

[Guest]

I have a Win2000 Terminal server, with 5 licenses. Recently when one of the
users log on, it says "license will expire in 5 days". This happens only on
one user.
Will this user have problems logging on in 5 days ?
What can I do to solve this problem ??

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Check your TS Licensing Manager.
Sounds like you don't have enough TS CALs.

TS CALs are on W2K are always Per Device.

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"=?Utf-8?B?SWRhciBNIEF1bmU=?=" <Idar M

 

[Guest]

Hi Idar, the answer to your question lies the O/S the user is using. What has
happened is that the clients machine has received a temporary license and
when it expires it will either get another temp license or a permanant one,
but that is determined by the o/s. if the user is using 2000 or XP it will
more than likely get a permanant license, if he is using 98 or below then he
will probaly receive another temp license. overall the user will still be
able to work.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

That's not correct, MonteBratschi!
A client can only *once* receive a temporary TS CAL. When it
expires, the client will be refused.

Idar, the 5 licenses you talk about are probably the licenses that
came with the server, correct? Those are normal server CALs, not TS
CALs.
What you have to do is:

1. install and activate a TS Licensing Server on your Domain
Controller
2. If you clients run W2K Pro or XP Pro, you don't have to do
anything else, since these clients will receive a free TS CAL from
the TS Licensing Server
3. If you have other clients, you need to buy and install TS CALs
on te TS Licensing Server.

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[Guest]

this was under the assumption that he had ts licensing already installed,
dont be a smart butt about it by putting !!! behind it. son

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

You miss the point, MonteBratschi.
Regardless if TS Licensing is in place or not, a client can not
receive a second temporary license, and the client will be refused
after expiration of the temporary license.

So your statement:
was incorrect under all assumptions.

I felt it was important to point this out, to avoid that the
original poster gets into trouble by not doing anything.

I'm sorry if you can't handle such a correction!
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