No Terminal Server License Servers??? 1

[burtsbees]

I cannot RDC into my 2003 server from my XP box anymore---I have been able to until today, for abot 6 months. I really don't knopw much about server OS's, so please forgive the newb question. I am just confused, because it never gave me this error before. No recent Windows updates, and to my knowledge, nothing has changed. I only use this thing as my FTP server. Terminal Services is running on both computers.
Thanks for any help. By the way, I did reboot both machines to see if that would help...nothing.

Burt

 

[itsp1965]

Question.. are you sure you are only running Remote Desktop for Administration on your server (installed by Default), or are u running full blown Terminal Services in Applications Mode. If you have the latter installed, then yes this is by design if you don't have a license server installed (which the full blown version requires) you will be "locked-out" after 6 months.

 

[burtsbees]

That must be it---what can I do with the current setup? Or do I have to KVM and transfer all files in the inetpub folder to my XP machine over the network and reinstall 2003 or XP Pro on it?

Burt

 

[itsp1965]

What you can do is un-install Terminal Services. This will not hinder you from running in Terminal Services for Remote administration. In order to transfer files in the meantime, you can always map a drive to the server and copy your files. Hope this helps.

 

[burtsbees]

After reading your first response, that's the first thing I did (remove the Terminal Server role). That did not help. Looks like I will transfer files, reinstall Windows, and transfer them back. Actually, I just added another hdd (slave) because I was running out of space on C:, so I was maybe planning on installing a different OS anyway...

Burt