Terminal Server Licensing of Windows Server 2003 again

From: VeraUkr (VeraUkr_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:21:04 -0800

The description of the situation:
Our firm bought Microsoft Windows Server Standard 2003 Russian and such
client licenses as:
1) Microsoft Windows Server CAL 2003 Russian OPEN No Level User CAL (10);
2) Microsoft Windows Terminal Svr CAL 2003 Russian OPEN No Level User CAL (5)

I installed this server as a server in a workgroup on 17.8.04 and chose
roles of the Terminal server and the File server for it.
After this installation I received such a message in the Event log:
TermService ID:1027 (the Terminal server can't find the license server in
the workgroup PRINT_GROUP.... (texts of messages are not precise as I
translate them from Russian to English)).
This server is the only Windows server in the network. That's why I began to
install the license server on the same computer. As this computer has no
access to Internet I chose licensing by phone. After installing the License
server of Terminal service such messages appeared in the Event log:

1) Service Control Manager ID: 7035
2) Service Control Manager ID:7036
3) TermServLicensing ID:18 (Terminal Service Licensing on the server PRN2003
is not activated)

I didn't activate the license server till 27.10.04 and clients of the server
received notification that their temporary license will expire in N days.

I called to the Microsoft service by phone which I received during
installation of the license service on the 27.10.04 and received from them
the ID of the license server and the code of the key packet of client
licenses.
I activated the license server with these codes.

After that clients stopped to receive notifications, I saw that the license
server is activated at the Terminal service licensing panel.

So, after installing and activating of the license server the situation on
this server is as follows:
1) at the panel "Control of this server" the message appeared: " The
terminal service license server was found in the network"
2) Administration -> Services
        a) TermServLicensing
        the type of launching: Auto
        the state: working
        b) TermService
        the type of launching: Manually
        the state: working
3) Terminal service Licensing
        PRN2003 Activated
                The token of client licenses (CAL) of the terminal server Windows Server
2003 (per user):

the type - open
Total : 5
Available : 5
In use: 0

4) Information in the Registry:
        a)HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\Parameters\DomainLicenseServerMulti
        b)HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermServLicensing\Parameters
Role is equal 0
        c) as I had doubts about the fact that I installed the terminal server and
the license server at the same computer I add the NetBios name of this
computer to the Registry as the name of license server:
        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService\Parameters\LicenseServers\PRN2003

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After all those actions I thought that all is ok with licensing of terminal
service, but suddenly such message appeared in the Event log on 25.11.04:

TermService ID:1009
The favourable period of licensing of the terminal server on 25.11.04 will
finish soon, but the server was not registered on the license server...

This message appeared once a day till 10.12.04 and then stopped to appear.

When this message appeared I tested carefully all things concerning
licensing at the server and found several disturbing me things:

1) Licensing
After installation of Windows Server 2003 such a message appeared there when
I try to open this feature:
License service doesn't work on \\PRN2003 or \\PRN2003 is unavailable
When I click OK, the system ask for the domain which I have no.

This situation didn't change after installation and activation of the
license server

2) Administration -> Services
License Service

the type of launching: Stopped
        the state: Stopped

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In these circumstances is the only way for me to deactivate the license
server and then activate it anew?

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