Microsoft KB Archive/263657

= No Indication that NFR Software Is Installed on Windows 2000 Server =

PSS ID Number: 263657

Article Last Modified on 11/4/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q263657



SYMPTOMS
The Licensing tool in Control Panel on a Not for Resale (NFR) copy of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server displays the following message:

Not Available in NFR (Not for Resale) Edition of Windows NT Server.

No such message is displayed in the NFR edition of Windows 2000 Server. You can use the Licensing tool in Control Panel to add additional licenses on a NFR copy of Windows 2000 Server, but the server does not recognize the additional licenses and only allows ten client computers to connect simultaneously.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the NFR software has a hard-coded connection limit of ten client computers. This connection limit is embedded in the operating system and does not rely on data from License Manager. There is no way to determine, by using the Windows interface, if the installed version of Windows 2000 Server is NFR or the full retail version.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
In Windows NT 4.0 it is impossible to remove the ten client connection limit; this is changed in Windows 2000 Server. The ten client connection limit can be removed by upgrading the NFR copy with a full retail version of Windows 2000 Server. The upgrade version of Windows 2000 cannot be used for this.

Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB263657

Technology: kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch kbWinAdvServSearch

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