DOCUMENT:Q201371  06-AUG-2002  [winnt]
TITLE   :How to Reset License Information in License Manager
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT
PROD/VER:winnt:4.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbenv kbtool

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition 
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This article describes how to reset the information displayed by Terminal Server
License Manager.

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To reset the information:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click
   Services.

2. Click Terminal Server Licensing, and then click Stop.

3. Using Windows NT Explorer, open the <Wtsrv>\System32\Lserver folder,
   where <Wtsrv> is the folder in which Terminal Server is installed.

4. Rename the Hydra.mdb file to Hydra.old.

5. Expand the Hyrda.md_ file from the Terminal Server CD-ROM to Hydra.mdb in the
   Lserver folder.

   For example, use the following command to expand the file

   expand <CD-ROM>:\i386\hydra.md_ c:\wtsrv\system32\lserver\hydra.mdb

where <CD-ROM> is the CD-ROM drive letter.

6. Start the Terminal Server Licensing service. The Terminal Server Licensing
   database is blank.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q187614 Removing Terminal Server Licenses from an RDP Client

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv kbtool 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbNTTermServ400 kbNTTermServSearch
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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