Licenses Revoked keep re-appearing

[Guest Ken Montgomery]

I have been having some issues with my Windows 2000 Server. I have multiple

servers in an AD environment, and on my main server I have been having issues

with old licenses re-appearing. I went through the process of deleting the

files and restarting the license service, but the old licenses (most of which

have not been used since 2003 and are not shown as domain accounts) reappear

still.

 

Has anyone else found a method for permanently revoking a license and

ensuring it does not re-appear?

 

Thanks,

Ken

[Guest John John]

Re: Licenses Revoked keep re-appearing

 

Disable the License Service, it doesn't work properly anyway and it

isn't necessary to have it running.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824196 If you search on the MSKB you

will find more information about various other bugs with the LLS.

 

John

 

Ken Montgomery wrote:

> I have been having some issues with my Windows 2000 Server. I have multiple

> servers in an AD environment, and on my main server I have been having issues

> with old licenses re-appearing. I went through the process of deleting the

> files and restarting the license service, but the old licenses (most of which

> have not been used since 2003 and are not shown as domain accounts) reappear

> still.

>

> Has anyone else found a method for permanently revoking a license and

> ensuring it does not re-appear?

>

> Thanks,

> Ken

[Guest Ken Montgomery]

Re: Licenses Revoked keep re-appearing

 

Hi John,

 

No offense, but while not necessary it is a responsibility of everyone using

Microsoft products on Volume licensing to ensure they are in compliance. One

tool for doing that is using the License service... which should work.

 

I'll go through the KB again and see what I can find, but I'm looking for

other input as well.. so if anyone has any other methodology they have used,

please let me know.

 

Thanks for the response.

Ken

 

"John John" wrote:

> Disable the License Service, it doesn't work properly anyway and it

> isn't necessary to have it running.

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824196 If you search on the MSKB you

> will find more information about various other bugs with the LLS.

>

> John

>

> Ken Montgomery wrote:

>

> > I have been having some issues with my Windows 2000 Server. I have multiple

> > servers in an AD environment, and on my main server I have been having issues

> > with old licenses re-appearing. I went through the process of deleting the

> > files and restarting the license service, but the old licenses (most of which

> > have not been used since 2003 and are not shown as domain accounts) reappear

> > still.

> >

> > Has anyone else found a method for permanently revoking a license and

> > ensuring it does not re-appear?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Ken

>

[Guest Danny Sanders]

Re: Licenses Revoked keep re-appearing

 

The license logging service has not worked since the NT 4.0 days. Your best

bet is to stop and disable the license logging service and keep track of

your licenses manually as if in perseat mode. The license logging service is

an after-thought add-on put there to "help" administrators keep track of

licenses. The only thing is it does not work. There was a reghack that would

reset the licenses, which would work until you revoked a licenses, then the

new revoked licenses would show up, so you run the reghack again. You end up

in a vicious circle of revoking licenses, running the reghack, revoking

licenses, etc..

 

 

Stop and disable the license logging service and keep track of your licenses

manually as if in per seat mode.

 

hth

DDS

 

 

"Ken Montgomery" <KenMontgomery@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:4821E741-67E4-4044-B968-8DF0256C16A7@microsoft.com...

> Hi John,

>

> No offense, but while not necessary it is a responsibility of everyone

> using

> Microsoft products on Volume licensing to ensure they are in compliance.

> One

> tool for doing that is using the License service... which should work.

>

> I'll go through the KB again and see what I can find, but I'm looking for

> other input as well.. so if anyone has any other methodology they have

> used,

> please let me know.

>

> Thanks for the response.

> Ken

>

> "John John" wrote:

>

>> Disable the License Service, it doesn't work properly anyway and it

>> isn't necessary to have it running.

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824196 If you search on the MSKB you

>> will find more information about various other bugs with the LLS.

>>

>> John

>>

>> Ken Montgomery wrote:

>>

>> > I have been having some issues with my Windows 2000 Server. I have

>> > multiple

>> > servers in an AD environment, and on my main server I have been having

>> > issues

>> > with old licenses re-appearing. I went through the process of deleting

>> > the

>> > files and restarting the license service, but the old licenses (most of

>> > which

>> > have not been used since 2003 and are not shown as domain accounts)

>> > reappear

>> > still.

>> >

>> > Has anyone else found a method for permanently revoking a license and

>> > ensuring it does not re-appear?

>> >

>> > Thanks,

>> > Ken

>>