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by kingofthenerds

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Hi,

I have a W2K server and I have never setup CALs before.
However someone else has setup this server and has
already setup the CALs.

The only problem is they have setup the CALs incorrectly.
They have set the CALs purchased to 4000 and it currently
says there is 567 CALs allocated.

We only have around 200 computers accessing that server.
When I checked the CALs per seat statictics it showed
DOMAIN\Users displayed in there instead of the machine.

E.g. I have a 100 PCs named PC01, PC02 etc. Shouldn't it
display each PC name instead of a list of users in the
domain.

Also it doesn't release the names, it just adds and adds
them. So little timmy who logged in a year ago is still there.

I got told that it was a problem in W2K server and a service
pack fixed it. I have all the latest service packs.

I need to be told how to remove existing entries and setup
the W2K server to have 250 device cals that display the
computer name, not the user. The server is in per seat
mode not per server mode as we have 2 W2K servers.

I will finish in saying this has nothing to do with Terminal
Services and is only to do with CALs for clients accessing
the W2K server on the network.

Thankyou

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by cg it

well theres a problem. You can change from per server to per seat but the conversion operation seems to not work from per seat to per server.

308597 how to change from per server licensing to per seat licensing outlines the convert licensing

Think this one is for the Microsoft folks.

by kingofthenerds

I don't want to be in per server mode, I have 2 W2k servers so I need
to be in per seat mode otherwise I would have to purchase a CAL for
each machine, for each server.

by cg it

E.g. I have a 100 PCs named PC01, PC02 etc. Shouldn't it
display each PC name instead of a list of users in the
domain.

That was the question. The answer is not necessarily. you may have to reset the LLS to get it to properly show the correct licensing.

The following articles will explain how to reset the LLS and why you might need to reset the LLS.
here's a link to how to reset the LLS : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153140/

and heres a link on why you might have to reset the LLS http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824196

look under LLS issues on why the LLS would report information about licensing incorrectly.

by kingofthenerds

Ok, this appears that it will allow me to reset the licenses added but I
still haven't been told how to add licenses in per device mode so this
problem won't happen again. Tell me this and you get the points.

by cg it

Well here's a stab

First is this article: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_LICEconcepts_122.htm

this is the second article : http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_LICEconcepts_122.htm

this is the 3rd article: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_LICEconcepts_122.htm

and this is the last article:http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_LICEconcepts_122.htm

There really isn't a way to keep what happened from happening other than through the use of licensing groups and to only have someone who knows how the licensing is setup on the network and what licensing is to be used for a group of users or computers. Windows 2003 has more flexibility in licening in per seat mode than windows 2000 had.

This is the best I can do on Licensing. Maybe Joe Moore or Maxwell Edision can help you more.

by cg it

Note: The links all go to one page [which I wasn't planning on] sorry about that. What you need to look at is the use of licensing groups. Follow the on page hyperlinks for groups then the links for how to creat and edit licensing groups.

Hope this helps and like I said, this is about the best I can do concering licensing [its about helping someone out rather than points]. Dont get tee shirts or coffee mugs with points. :(

by howie.erickson

I guess I'm missing the point somewhere. Do you need to keep a log of the used licenses? Even Microsoft, doesn't really care what LLS says. As long as you have enough licenses for the computers and you have the servers in the proper mode, disable LLS. LLS is only there to help you keep track.

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