TS Warning

There can be serveral reasons:
- License server not activated
- Terminal server not finding license server
- Not enough licenses when using device licenses on the terminal server (does not happen when in user license mode)

J.

Dear ellandrd,
You just uninstall the Terminal Services and enable only remote desktop connection. This will give upto 3 connections(2 remote+ 1 Console)

Actually you have terminal services in Application server mode which can support more than 2 remote connection unlike remote admin mode. But for this you need to buy terminal server CAL. If you want want this then you can remove the terminal service by going to add/remove programs--> remove this from Windows components.

Then reboot the server and enable only remote desktop connection
control panel-->System-->remote-->enable remote desktop connection

To connect to the server , user needs to part remote user group

Hope this helps

Cheers!

i have no idea - like i said im not a network admin....

im not uninstalling anything as this is only the case for 1 client. others clients that login by RDC are all fine.

Power IT has already mentioned the cause of these issues. Then you may need to check those and find the cause.

ok how do i check for these then?

For me, Brian Madden is the expert on terminal services. I recommend his site to all my students (among other things, I teach 'Terminal Services').
He has it described very well: http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?id=154

J.

so your expecting me to learn about TS which will probably take me a few days when i have less than a day to fix this?

your a brilliant "expert"...

He expecting you to give him more info to help you fix it, the box isnt in his office and hes not having a problem with it

So under start,programs,admin tools,terminal server licencing (can you see a licensing server) if not your 120 days are up and you need to install one, if you can check the number of licences and report back

Cool down elland, if you still want us to respond. Insults wont help you.
And no, I want you to learn it ALL. The TS course I teach takes 15 hours.
But I still want you to read up on the article by Brian Madden. There are so many aspects to terminal server licensing that this is the only way.
It explains it very condense and the quickest way to do a braindump on this. You will need to do this to give us more accurate information so that we can pinpoint it quickly.
After reading it and checking your configuration to what Brian explains, you will be able to narrow down the problem.
Then you can come back with more precise information. Otherwise it will take us to much time back and forth asking questions and having you look up things.

Just for your reference, I have teached terminal server 2003 since 3 years and have been using terminal server since 1998. So I do call myself an expert.
The 'brilliant' is your word ;-)

J.

under terminal server licensing, i extend my server name (SQL01) and i get:

Existing windows 2000 server - TS CAL Token (per device)
Temp Licenses for windows server 2003 - TS Per Device CAL token

when i click on 1st one i get : blank
when i click on 2nd one i get: issued to: 3 machines are listed...

3 machines are as follows:

MACHINE01 issued on 19/09/2006 expires 18/12/2006 Quantity 1
MACHINE02 issued on 20/10/2006 expires 17/11/2006 Quantity 1
MACHINE03 issued on 17/11/2006 expires 15/02/2007 Quantity 1

what do i do next?

p.s MACHINE02 is another server CITRIX01... MACHINE01 & 03 are client machines.

our client that is reporting this warning message i posted in my first comment uses Citrix (installed on a w2k box) to login to our network and from within Citrix he uses RDC to connect to our SQL01 server within the same office.

why he does connect straight to SQL01 from RDC is = i dont know - im not the IT manager and he is gone...

this is all the info i have so far unless you ask me more questions...

Reason for not connecting straight to it maybe that I port on firewall mapped to one server and remote to other from there, but it seems that you dont have any terminal clients licences for 2003 and the only fix would be to install some

normally you would see

win 2000 unlimted
win 2003 with the type and number (ie user or device)

>>install on

how and where i do get one?  this is the only fix??

min number tends to be a pack of 5 were are you based

aberdeen, UK

You can buy them from any Microsoft retailer. But it usually takes a few days.
And do yourself a favor, go for User TS Cal. Price is the same as device.

J.

Grey matter or insight will give you ggod pricing or blue solutions in Reading I brought my last lot off ebay

>>BTW, I think you mistyped the issued date of machine02.

yes the issue date is 20/08/2006...

>>Need more brilliant expert advice? Just shout. (sorry, I'm still a bit angry because of you remark earlier)

sorry but its 14:26 and my client is on my back as he needs to login asap so telling me to tell about TS with a long PDF from madden website - "i saw red"... as i dont have time... i need a quick solution till IT manager gets back on tuesday...

No problem. Apoligy accepted.

Then have your client do the 'delete part of registry' trick. It's easy and quick.
Your IT guy will then have enough time before 18/12 when the next one would become a problem. Once legitimate license are installed the termporary once will not fail but grab a real license.

J.

thank you so much.  i have bookmarked that link and over the weekend, hopefully i will get to read it proper...

ellandrd