Re: [rdesktop-users] rdesktop and MS licensing problem

[Joe L. <jl...@in...>]

With Service Pack 3 for Windows 2000, licenses are no longer kept on the
clients. The server keeps track of the licenses. Licenses can also expire.
For example, you login to terminal services with a computer that you no
longer want to use terminal services. Within 90 days, if you do not login,
the license will expire and be added back to the pool of unused licenses.
Also, if you login with a computer only once, it only takes a temporary
license. The second time it takes a more permanent, but expirable license.

Joe Luster


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Greenway" <ad...@we...>
To: <rde...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 10:29 PM
Subject: [rdesktop-users] rdesktop and MS licensing problem


> Hi,
>
> I've run into this problem with Microsoft Licensing and using rdesktop.
>
> We purchased 5 Terminal Server Client Access licenses from Microsoft
> Australia Licensing Centre. They gave us two numbers, which I then had to
> ring MS and give them those numbers as well as one generated on the Win2k
> server. From this, they give me a number, which validates those licensing.
>
> I then asked how do I apply these licenses to our workstations ? "You
don't.
> When people log in, they will obtain the licenses."
>
> I then said, but we have people from home who might connect in, what will
> happen ? They said they will take the licenses. Okay ... so, how do I take
> them back - you can't MS replied. I've since found out this is not true -
> but you have to do a lot of stuff to your Win2k box like kicking users out
> for over 30 minutes whilst you reauthorize your server, delete files, etc.
>
> Anyway, this leads me to the problem. MS sent me a document which states
> "the client machine must have the registry key that stores the license
> information locally"
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\Store\License00x  (x
being
> 0 to 999)
>
> Now as we all know, Operating Systems like Linux, etc don't have a
registry.
>
> So, when I logged on with Mandrake Linux to our Win2k server, it issued
that
> PC with a temporary license which is a random generated number between 52
> and 90 days.
>
> How can we get around this, without being forced to use Windows on the
> workstations ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil Greenway
> IT Manager
> Wenck Group / AFM Australia
>
>
>
>
>
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