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2000-2003 Licensing issue

Author
9 Aug 2005 4:51 PM
FieldTechBrad
Hello,

I have a small business environment (10 or so users) with 1 windows 2000
server and 1 windows 2003 server.  For some reason, the licensing server has
revoked all the licenses and if we try to add them back, they just dissapear.
Is this a bug with 2000-2003 mixed environment servers?  They are legit
copies of windows server and direct from IBM.  All of the updates are in,
they seem to be virus and spyware free.  Any suggestions as to why it does
not keep the licenses?

Brad

Author
9 Aug 2005 8:13 PM
Bob I
If you are referring to the licensing manager software, it's very buggy
and you would be advised to maintaining the count manually.

FieldTechBrad wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> I have a small business environment (10 or so users) with 1 windows 2000
> server and 1 windows 2003 server.  For some reason, the licensing server has
> revoked all the licenses and if we try to add them back, they just dissapear.
>  Is this a bug with 2000-2003 mixed environment servers?  They are legit
> copies of windows server and direct from IBM.  All of the updates are in,
> they seem to be virus and spyware free.  Any suggestions as to why it does
> not keep the licenses?
>
> Brad
Author
10 Aug 2005 8:54 PM
FieldTechBrad
I am not concerned about going over the licensing count only because there
are just a few pcs in this business well under the value, the problem is that
it is logging errors all the time in the event log and I want to get rid of
it. 

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"Bob I" wrote:

> If you are referring to the licensing manager software, it's very buggy
> and you would be advised to maintaining the count manually.
>
> FieldTechBrad wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a small business environment (10 or so users) with 1 windows 2000
> > server and 1 windows 2003 server.  For some reason, the licensing server has
> > revoked all the licenses and if we try to add them back, they just dissapear.
> >  Is this a bug with 2000-2003 mixed environment servers?  They are legit
> > copies of windows server and direct from IBM.  All of the updates are in,
> > they seem to be virus and spyware free.  Any suggestions as to why it does
> > not keep the licenses?
> >
> > Brad
>
>
Author
10 Aug 2005 9:21 PM
Bob I
I'd suggest you read the attached article and then disable it.

Description of the License Logging Service in Windows Server Operating
Systems
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824196

FieldTechBrad wrote:

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> I am not concerned about going over the licensing count only because there
> are just a few pcs in this business well under the value, the problem is that
> it is logging errors all the time in the event log and I want to get rid of
> it. 
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
>
>>If you are referring to the licensing manager software, it's very buggy
>>and you would be advised to maintaining the count manually.
>>
>>FieldTechBrad wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I have a small business environment (10 or so users) with 1 windows 2000
>>>server and 1 windows 2003 server.  For some reason, the licensing server has
>>>revoked all the licenses and if we try to add them back, they just dissapear.
>>> Is this a bug with 2000-2003 mixed environment servers?  They are legit
>>>copies of windows server and direct from IBM.  All of the updates are in,
>>>they seem to be virus and spyware free.  Any suggestions as to why it does
>>>not keep the licenses?
>>>
>>>Brad
>>
>>