Windows Remote Desktop Services Balloon Reminder

Terminal Server failed to discover License Server. This is caused by an expired grace period for installing or activating licenses.

This rule covers event ID 1008

Other Information:

The event ID described in this topic applies to Windows® 2000 Server and Windows Server 2000 operating systems.

Possible causes include:

• The Terminal Server Licensing grace period has expired, and the service has not registered with a license server with installed licenses. A Terminal Server license server is required for continuous operation.

• No Terminal Server license server is installed on the network.

Possible resolutions include:

• Install a Terminal Server license server and verify that the terminal server can connect to the license server.

• Activate Terminal Server Licensing and install license key packs.

• Windows Server 2000 only: An explicit Terminal Server Licensing discovery feature implemented in Windows Server 2000 Service Pack 1 [SP1] allows the administrator of the terminal server to specify a license server to connect to during the Terminal Server setup process or by using the Terminal Services Configuration tool after the setup process completes.

• Windows Server 2000 only: A balloon notification feature implemented in Windows Server 2000 SP1 prompts the administrator with balloon reminders when a Terminal Server license server cannot be discovered and gives the administrator the opportunity to configure the name of the license server explicitly.