Terminal server hack � FOR TESTING ONLY (Activate CAL)

Please note to use these licenses only for educational and testing use.

1. SERVER Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add or Remove Windows
Components�. Add �Terminal Server� & Terminal Server Licensing� Default licensing
mode is per device as we will need to for actiivation.

2. SERVER Start Terminal Server Licensing (Start > Control Panel > Administrative
Tools > Services >Terminal Server Licensing) if it is not started

3. SERVER Go to the Terminal Server Licensing, Right-click on Terminal Server >

Properties > Installation Method:

Select Installation Method �Web Browser�

4. SERVER Go to next tab �Required Information�. Fill all 4 fields with some none
important information. Write somewhere TS ID on the bottom of that window

5. SERVER Right-click on Terminal Server and select Activate Server. Terminal

Server License Server Activation Wizard will start. Read > press next

6. SERVER Select activation method �Web Browser� press next

7. WEB BROWSER Go to https://activate.microsoft.com/ to get license server ID

8. WEB BROWSER Select �Activate a license server� press next

9. WEB BROWSER Fill out required fields with some information that makes sense.
Choose country USA. Use Product ID use from step 6, press next on the bottom

10.WEB BROWSER Press next one more time on the bottom

11.WEB BROWSER If you did every thing right then you gonna get license server ID
key (enter this information in your terminal server activation window), but do not
close window we will need this for client access licenses (CALs). If everything is
OK you will now have Terminal Server License Server Activated.

12.WEB BROWSER Next in the �Do you wish to install license tokens at this time?�
select �Yes�

13.WEB BROWSER Fill out the required fields on the Microsoft web page . License
Server ID get from Terminal Server CAL Installation Wizard. Important is to set
License Program to �Other agreement�.

14.WEB BROWSER Choose Product Type Windows 2003 Terminal server Per Device CAL,
Fill quantity (I put around 100) and Agreement Number 6565792

15.WEB BROWSER Press next once more on the bottom

16.WEB BROWSER you are gonna get your license key pack ID what you need to insert
to Terminal Server CAL Installation Wizard > close window do not press finish, but
first write down license key pack ID

17.SERVER Insert license key pack ID into your server and finish wizard
 TERMINAL SERVICES UNLIMITED
- Haziran 14, 2010
UNLIMITED TERMINAL SERVICES CONNECTIONS IN WINDOWS TERMINAL SERVICES 2000 AND 2003

1. INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Terminal Services Unlimited.

This document aims to help you get Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 terminal
services unlimited connections at unlimited time. Please note that this is not
crack for windows or anythig like that. Nevertheless, to completely prepare your
server, I recommend that you begin by taking the step by step as it is covered in
this document. I also recommend that you install, configure terminal services and
terminal services licensing for running.

I have tested this solution with clients Windows 2000 Pro, Windows XP, Windows 2000
Server, various Windows 2003 servers and PocketPC and also I have feedback that
this is also working on thin clients.

2. UNLIMITED TERMINAL SERVICES CONNECTIONS IN WINDOWS 2000

Acording to Microsoft it is not ilegal to use terminal server with temporary

licenses. There is a paragraph that says: " There is no provision in the EULA for
accessing a terminal server without the appropriate licenses". Get back on my site
if you are interested and read paragraph in EULA that is covering this question.
Note that I have tested this mode to work only in licensing per device. In order to
bypass this evaluation period to unlimited licence follow next steps:
1. SERVER - Stop the terminal license server in services
2. SERVER - Go to the %systemroot%\windows\system32\lserver\
3. SERVER - Backup both files edb.chk and TLSLic.edb in case method fails
(Microsoft holds licence information database in these files)
4. SERVER - Delete both files edb.chk and TLSLic.edb from the directory
5. CLIENT - Go the client that has expired terminal evaluation period
6. CLIENT - Run registry editor
7. CLIENT - Go to the following key
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\"
8. CLIENT - Note there are two subkey named "Store" and "HardwareID"
9. CLIENT - Delete both subkeys
10. DO NOT connect yet to the terminal server with the client!
11. SERVER - Change the date on the server to lets say year 2014 (this is used to
change expiration day so you don't need to repeat following steps every 90 days)
12. SERVER - Start the terminal licensing service
13. CLIENT - Connect the client to the server
14. CLIENT - Note that windows recreated new key in
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\". This new key holds new
expiration date on year what you choose to licence expire.
15. SERVER - Go to the Terminal server licensing in Administrative Tools
16. SERVER - Note that temporary licence now expires on year 2014. Issue date is
also at year 2014 but information is not importat for clients to function. Server
just saves expiration date on client.
17. SERVER - Return date on server to today date
18. You have Terminal Licence that expires at date that is lo ng in future :)
Note that this day hack works only when date is changed on server. It means that
client will get "long" expiration date only if date on server is changed. I
recommend that you change date on server and leave it for few days, or how long is
needed for all clients to connect to server. When all clients connect in few days
return date on server to today and all clients will have date that will expire in
10 or 15 years or whatever year you choose.

3. UNLIMITED TERMINAL SERVICES CONNECTIONS IN WINDOWS 2003

To maximize Windows 2003 evaluation, do not deploy a license server until the grace
period is about to expire. For Windows Server 2003, you receive a maximum of 210
days for evaluation (a grace period of 120 days plus a temporary token of 90 days).
For Microsoft Windows 2000, you receive maximum of 180 days for evaluation (a grace
period of 90 days plus a temporary token of 90 days).
Recreating Licence database in Windows 2003 is quite similar to the Windows Server
2000 but there is single step that is required to reset licence. If you try windows
2000 steps on windows 2003 note that server would not recreate database, it will
serve you old expired database.
Note that I have tested this mode to work only in licensing per device. In order to
bypass this evaluation period to unlimited licence follow next steps:
1. SERVER - Stop the terminal license server in services
2. SERVER - Go to the %systemroot%\windows\system32\lserver\
3. SERVER - Backup both files edb.chk and TLSLic.edb in case method fails
(Microsoft holds licence information database in these files)
4. SERVER - Delete both files edb.chk and TLSLic.edb from the directory
5. SERVER - Run registry editor
6. SERVER - Go to the following key
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\"
7. SERVER - Note there is subkey named "Parameters"
8. SERVER - Delete subkey (I have noticed that if I don't delete this key license
server returns old database)
9. CLIENT - Go the client that has expired terminal evaluation period
10. CLIENT - Run registry editor
11. CLIENT - Go to the following key
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\"
12. CLIENT - Note there are two subkeys named "Store" and "HardwareID"
13. CLIENT - Delete both subkeys
14. DO NOT connect yet to the terminal server with the client!
15. SERVER - Change the date on the server to lets say year 2014 (this is used to
change expiration day so you don't need to repeat following steps every 90 days)
16. SERVER - Start the terminal licensing service
17. CLIENT - Connect the client to the server
18. CLIENT - Note that windows recreated new key in
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\". This new key holds new
expiration date on year what you choose to licence expire.
19. SERVER - Go to the Terminal server licensing in Administrative Tools
20. SERVER - Note that temporary licence now expires on year 2014. Issue date is
also at year 2014 but information is not importat for clients to function. Server
just saves expiration date on client.
21. SERVER - Return date on server to today date
22. You have Terminal Licence that expires at date that is long in future :)
Note that this day hack works only when date is changed on server. It means that
client will get "long" expiration date only if date on server is changed. I
recommend that you change date on server and leave it for few days, or how long is
needed for all clients to connect to server. When all clients connect in few days
return date on server to today and all clients will have date that will expire in
10 or 15 years or whatever year you choose.

4. GENERATING PERMANENT LICENSES 2000, 2003 & 2008

Please note to use these licenses only for educational and testing use. For
generating permament licenses please follow these steps:
1. SERVER Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add or Remove
Windows Components'. Add "Terminal Server" & Terminal Server Licensing" Default
licensing mode is per device as we will need to for actiivation
2. SERVER Start Terminal Server Licensing (Start > Control Panel > Administrative
Tools > Services >Terminal Server Licensing) if it is not started
3. SERVER Go to the Terminal Server Licensing, Right-click on Terminal Server >
Properties > Installation Method:
Select Installation Method "Web Browser"
4. SERVER Go to next tab "Required Information". Fill all 4 fields with some none
important information. Write somewhere TS ID on the bottom of that window 5. SERVER
Right-click on Terminal Server and select Activate Server. Terminal Server License
Server Activation Wizard will start. Read > press next
6. SERVER Select activation method "Web Browser" press next
7. WEB BROWSER Go to https://activate.microsoft.com/ to get license server ID
8. WEB BROWSER Select "Activate a license server" press next
9. WEB BROWSER Fill out required fields with some information that makes sense.
Choose country USA. Use Product ID use from step 6, press next on the bottom
10.WEB BROWSER Press next one more time on the bottom
11.WEB BROWSER If you did every thing right then you gonna get license server ID
key (enter this information in your terminal server activation window), but do not
close window we will need this for client access licenses (CALs). If everything is
OK you will now have Terminal Server License Server Activated.
12.WEB BROWSER Next in the "Do you wish to install license tokens at this time?"
select "Yes"
13.WEB BROWSER Fill out the required fields on the Microsoft web page . License
Server ID get from Terminal Server CAL Installation Wizard. Important is to set
License Program to "Other agreement".
14.WEB BROWSER Choose Product Type Windows 2003 Terminal server Per Device CAL,
Fill quantity (I put around 100) and Agreement Number 6565792
15.WEB BROWSER Press next once more on the bottom
16.WEB BROWSER you are gonna get your license key pack ID what you need to insert
to Terminal Server CAL Installation Wizard > close window do not pres finish, but
first write down license key pack ID
17.SERVER Insert license key pack ID into your server and finish wizard
That should be it you should have fully activated terminal server and terminal CAL.
For Windows 2008 steps are the same as for Windows 2003 just in the step 14 do not
choose windows 2003 per device CALs, choose windows 2008 per device CALs.