Your terminal services temporary client license will expire

[Gabriel2010]

Hello,
Hope all is well. A Windows 2000 Terminal Server in application mode shows the message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in 13 days. Please
contact your system administrator to get a permanent
license.
I recall another admin "applying" a new license. Never done this myself & this admin is not around to ne contacted.

1. What are the options?
2. How can it be that it is a temp license & not a
permanent?
3. It is a configuration setting?
4. Do we have to get/buy a new license?
5. Up to how many temporary licenses are allowed in a w2k terminal server?

I will certainly appreciate any advise.
Thanks in advance.

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[Davetoo]

Start here:

http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=11&source=KDC

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It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[Gabriel2010]

Lander,

Thanks! The event id is 26, not 11 though, I should have mentioned that. I've actually visited that website as it's pretty good starting point.

It looks like, W2kPro systems connecting fall into the "Terminal Services License Type Required: Unlimited Pool."

A snippet from an online article at

http://www.termservhub.com/other_resources/definitive_qa.php

"Pre-Windows Server 2003, all TSCALs were allocated to computers, not to users. The current version of Windows Client Operating System (whether that was NT Workstation or Win2K Pro) could draw its TSCAL from the Unlimited pool on the terminal server. You may have heard this described as "Win2K Pro clients have a built-in license", but that's misleading. No operating system has a built-in license. Win2K Pro clients still only get temporary licenses if they connect to a terminal server that does not have a license server available. However, if you have a license server then those clients may draw from the Unlimited pool instead of needing a license purchased for them. XP Pro clients were also able to draw from this Unlimited pool when connecting to a Windows 2000 Terminal Server." So, I have a TS server & a separate Licensing TS. The above conflicts with the "if you have a license server then those clients may draw from the Unlimited pool instead of needing a license purchased for them." I should be getting the "temporary" message or even using a temporary license since there's a Licensing server with an "unlimited pool" supposedly available.

Also, a computer that is running a licensed copy of Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional does not require a Terminal Services Client Access License, taken from Microsoft Knowledge Base Article – 244749

What is the problem? In a few days this TS client will have their license expired.

Another snippet from somewhere:
For 2000 TS, if 10 users logon from 15 computers you need 15 Windows CALs and 15 Terminal Services CALs (unless the clients are 2000 or XP Pro which receive free licenses from the Terminal Services Licensing Service's Built-in pool)

Oh ok.

Thanks in advance!

Sunden



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[Davetoo]

I'm sorry, I had that URL in for a different response in another thread! Meant to point you to

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/pricing/tsfaq.asp

I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[Gabriel2010]

Thanks again Lander!

Glad to be here!