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License Manager - Reappearing Users

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by svc

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Every few weeks, Event Viewer on my Primary Domain Controller complains that I'm out of NT licenses.

I go into Admin Tools -> License Manager, double-click Windows NT product, and then select and revoke Users that haven't logged into NT in over ayear. Once done, I am within the number of purchased licenses.

However, after a few more weeks, I get the same message about being out of licenses and the users that I had revoked last time are back again. Why?

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by don christner

The info is stored in several files in the c:\winnt\system32\lls folder, (once it is entered into the files it never goes away). Stop the license service and then rename the *.lls files to something else. Restart the license service and it will start to rebuild the *.lls files. If the revoked users come back, you can rest assured that someone is still using those accounts.

Don

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