Windows 2000 Server - Terminal Server de-activation?

[Peter Bako]

I think I might have accidentally started something that I am not totally
sure how to undo. About a month ago I took over a client from a friend of
mine that moved out of country. This client is running a single Windows
2000 server and about a dozen or so Windows XP clients. A few days ago I
was checked into the Terminal Server settings on this machine, which it is
not supposed to have, when I found out that the server was installed but not
activated. By the time I figured this out, I had somehow started the
activation process and then cancelled it.

Since then I am getting the following message whenever I connect in via RDP:
Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in xx days.
Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license.

We do not need any terminal server licenses, the only RDP connections I use
are via the two admin connections that the system has on its own that I use
to start and checkup on the backups every evening. Is there any way I can
undo this change and re-disable the terminal server so it stops giving me
this error? I'm worried that when the countdown reaches 0 days it will
disable even the administrative RDP connection that I need.

Thanks,
Peter

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Seems you have changed the installation of Terminal Services from
Remote Administration mode to Application Server mode.
You'll have to undo that again, by uninstalling Terminal Services
and then re-installing it again, in Remote Administration mode.

This could have an impact on you applications, although the main
impact should already have happended, when you changed from Remote
Administration to Application Server mode:

252330 - Toggling Terminal Services to Application Server Mode May
Cause Programs Not to Work
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=252330

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