Windows 2000 Server Licensing Issue

[Long]

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to remove a user license so
from a Win2K domain. My scenario, I have 100 licenses and roughly 80% of
that is used. However, many of the users are temporary and so new accounts
are created as old ones are deleted. When I go into the License Manager to
remove old users, they seemingly reappear after a few days and I start
receiving licensing errors from event viewer. What am I doing wrong...?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Glenn L]

I recommend you stop and disable the license logging service on all your
Windows servers.
MS has given up on this component and so should you. It is disabled by
default on W2K3 Server. Manage your license compliance another way.
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824196

 

[Jason Tan]

Hi Long,

Thanks for posting!

My understanding on the issue is: you cannot remove old user license in
License Manager in Windows 2000 domain. If I have misunderstood your
concerns, please feel free to let me know.

Thanks for Glenn's helpful suggestion. I would like to make some
supplement for your reference:

You may attempt to reset the License Manager, please refer to the following
article:

185953 How License Service Keeps Track of License Usage
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=185953

153140 How to reset License Manager information
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=153140

I hope my information helps. If there is anything that is unclear, please
feel free to let me know.

Thanks & Regards,

Jason Tan

Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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[Long]

Ah, I understand. Thank you and Glenn for the fine information!