Terminal Services License Database Size Increases (313567)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2

This article was previously published under Q313567

SYMPTOMS

If the following conditions exist, the Terminal Services license database may continuously increase, and you may receive an "Event ID 43: Work Manager error can't create work item, error code 87" entry in the Event log:

The Terminal Services licensing server for the entire domain is taken offline for maintenance, and another temporary server is brought online for a long period of time.
The original Terminal Services licensing server is brought back online, and the temporary server is removed.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date       Time   Version         Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   21-Jan-02  11:49  5.0.2195.3895   125,712  Icaapi.dll
   19-Jul-01  15:39  5.0.2195.3895    93,456  Licmgr.exe
   21-Jan-02  11:47  5.0.2195.4862   329,488  Lserver.exe
   21-Jan-02  11:49  5.0.2195.3895    26,384  Mstlsapi.dll
   24-Oct-01  10:59  5.0.2195.4547   162,440  Rdpwsx.dll
   17-Dec-01  12:26  5.0.2195.4774   142,096  Termsrv.exe
   21-Jan-02  11:49  5.0.2195.3895    23,312  Tls236.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem has been reported to create an increase of the database size of as much as 100 megabytes in 3 weeks.

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbnetwork kbTermServ kbui kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB313567