The remote session was disconnected because there are no Terminal Server License Servers available

Gurus,,

Running Windows Server 2003, with Remote Desktop enabled in the My Computer
> Properties > Remote tab. This is for remote administration only, this
server is not running in application mode. However, I am suddenly seeing
event ID 1008 errors in my system event log about Terminal Server licensing
grace period has expired and the service has not registered with a license
server with installed licenses. So when I next tried to connect over RDP to
the said server, the following error occurred:

The remote session was disconnected because there are no Terminal Server
License Servers available to provide a license. Please contact the server
administrator.

I thought if one were running a Windows Server 2003 for remote
administration purposes only, which gives you only two connections to the
server, one did not need to worry about licensing or missing a licensing
server altogether. So what should I do next?

--
Regards,
Spin

Hi Spin,

My guess is you installed Terminal Services under Control Panel ->
Add/Remove programs -> Windows Components -> Terminal Server. You should
remove this option.

This is how it was done in Windows 2000 and in next window you were asked if
this is Application or Administration mode. In Windows 2003 you get
administration mode by default, you just have to enable it. You don't need
to select "Terminal Server" to get Administration mode.

Mike

"Spin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Gurus,,
>
> Running Windows Server 2003, with Remote Desktop enabled in the My
Computer
> > Properties > Remote tab. This is for remote administration only, this
> server is not running in application mode. However, I am suddenly seeing
> event ID 1008 errors in my system event log about Terminal Server
licensing
> grace period has expired and the service has not registered with a license
> server with installed licenses. So when I next tried to connect over RDP
to
> the said server, the following error occurred:
>
> The remote session was disconnected because there are no Terminal Server
> License Servers available to provide a license. Please contact the server
> administrator.
>
> I thought if one were running a Windows Server 2003 for remote
> administration purposes only, which gives you only two connections to the
> server, one did not need to worry about licensing or missing a licensing
> server altogether. So what should I do next?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Spin
>
>
>
>

You were right! I forgot that this was a PDC upgraded from an NT 4.0
Terminal Server Edition (Note to Ace Fekay, this is NOT the other server I
have been talking about, the one that was dual-homed and Internet-facing,
this is another box).

I'll go home tonight and check. I may or may not have the option to do that
in Control Panel b/c TS back in NT 4.0 TSE OS was *built-in*. But I will
post back with a yea or a nay.

--
Regards,
Spin


"Miha Pihler" <mihap-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Spin,
>
> My guess is you installed Terminal Services under Control Panel ->
> Add/Remove programs -> Windows Components -> Terminal Server. You should
> remove this option.
>
> This is how it was done in Windows 2000 and in next window you were asked
if
> this is Application or Administration mode. In Windows 2003 you get
> administration mode by default, you just have to enable it. You don't need
> to select "Terminal Server" to get Administration mode.
>
> Mike
>
> "Spin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Gurus,,
> >
> > Running Windows Server 2003, with Remote Desktop enabled in the My
> Computer
> > > Properties > Remote tab. This is for remote administration only, this
> > server is not running in application mode. However, I am suddenly
seeing
> > event ID 1008 errors in my system event log about Terminal Server
> licensing
> > grace period has expired and the service has not registered with a
license
> > server with installed licenses. So when I next tried to connect over
RDP
> to
> > the said server, the following error occurred:
> >
> > The remote session was disconnected because there are no Terminal Server
> > License Servers available to provide a license. Please contact the
server
> > administrator.
> >
> > I thought if one were running a Windows Server 2003 for remote
> > administration purposes only, which gives you only two connections to
the
> > server, one did not need to worry about licensing or missing a licensing
> > server altogether. So what should I do next?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Spin
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>