Re: terminal server on windows 2000 allows only 2 sessions

When you installed the Terminal Services component, you were given
the choice between Remote Administration and Application Server
mode.

Verify which mode you are in:
go to Terminal Services Configuration - Server Settings - Licensing

If you are in Remote Administration mode, you need to uninstall
Terminal Services and re-install it (in Control Panel - Add/Remove
programs - Add/Remove Windows components). You will be asked in
which mode you want to install TS. Choose Application Server mode.

From:

248340 - Installing and Using Programs in Windows 2000 Terminal
Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=248340

"You can change the mode from Remote Administration mode to
Application Server mode by removing and reinstalling the service.
However, when you install in Application Server mode, you need to
reinstall all programs so they will run properly.

If you switch from Remote Administration mode to Application Server
mode, you also need to install the Application Compatibility
scripts for any programs that are not natively multiple-user
aware."

Check also:
252330 - Problems Toggling Terminal Services to Application Server
Mode"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=252330
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"=?Utf-8?B?RWhhYg==?=" <Ehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on
21 nov 2005 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.apps:

> Hello Vera,
> thanks for your help, TS is installed as a windows component
> when I sintalled the operating system, so I don't know if it's
> installed in a remote administaration mode or not, also Terminal
> services license is installed when installing the operating
> system, so I think I have licenses to run TS, please advice on
> how to install TS in application server mode thanks again for
> your help
>
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Sounds like you installed Terminal Services in Remote
>> Administration mode, which allows for a maximum of 2 concurrent
>> connections, by default for Administrators only, and without
>> extra licensing requirements.
>>
>> If you want your normal users to connect to the TS to run their
>> applications, you should install TS in Application server mode.
>> Then you must also install a TS Licensing server and buy and
>> install TS CALs for every connecting client which does not run
>> W2K Pro or XP Pro.
>>
>> If the above doesn't solve your problem:
>> Which message do you get when you try to connect with more
>> sessions? Which EventIDs do you see in the EventLog?
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>
>> "=?Utf-8?B?RWhhYg==?=" <Ehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>> on 16 nov 2005 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.apps:
>>
>> > hello I have windows 2000 terminal server installed on
>> > windows 2000 server, my problem is that it allows only 2
>> > sessions to be active at a time, although the settings allows
>> > unlimited number of connections, any advice
.

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