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TS Licenses going to expire in only 15 days
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Did you install and activate the terminal server license server?
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When you say 120 days, do you mean that you are using a 120 day evaluation copy of the server software? If you run terminal server in administration mode only, then you will be able to use it for the whole eval period but for only 2 concurrent admin users. If you install the full terminal server, then you need to have the license server running with validated cal's to work properly. What is it your trying to do?
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I just reinstall my terminal server and domain controller"
Can you give a little more detail about what you did? Did you format the box and reinstall?
When you install TS on a new machine, you have a 120 days to activate it. After activation, there is a separate 120 day grace period to install licenses.
However, if you just uninstalled TS and reinistalled it, you do not get these grace periods back. Which could explain why you are now getting this error. Without activating and installing licenses, clients will get temporary licenses that last for 90 days.
Can you give a little more detail about what you did? Did you format the box and reinstall?
When you install TS on a new machine, you have a 120 days to activate it. After activation, there is a separate 120 day grace period to install licenses.
However, if you just uninstalled TS and reinistalled it, you do not get these grace periods back. Which could explain why you are now getting this error. Without activating and installing licenses, clients will get temporary licenses that last for 90 days.
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sorry...I completly reinstalled windows 2003 server on the box after a disk failure that managed to take out my mirror array.
I have not installed the license server because I thought I get 120 days before my clients need a license from the license server. I will not be using this terminal server in 120 days so I dont wanna have to reactive the server and all that.
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I have not installed the license server because I thought I get 120 days before my clients need a license from the license server. I will not be using this terminal server in 120 days so I dont wanna have to reactive the server and all that.
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I think the problem may be that the clients have licenses from the old server, and they are unable to renew them, since that server no longer exists.
They *may* get new temporary licenses when their current licenses expire, but I have a feeling they may not. You can test it by deleting the MSLicensing registry key from a test client. This is in HKLM\Software\Microsoft.
I would also activate the server. This is free and can be done on the web.
They *may* get new temporary licenses when their current licenses expire, but I have a feeling they may not. You can test it by deleting the MSLicensing registry key from a test client. This is in HKLM\Software\Microsoft.
I would also activate the server. This is free and can be done on the web.
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