The license store location is not documented in the Windows Rights Management client SDK for Windows 98 Second Edition and for Windows Millennium Edition (837265)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003

INTRODUCTION

The Windows Rights Management (RM) client component can be used on computers that are running the following operating systems:
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
To create or to use RM protected content on these operating systems, the RM client must be able to locate the RM certificates and licenses that are either provided or requested.

The "License Management" topic in the RM client software development kit (SDK) discusses how these licenses and certificates are stored and how to access them programmatically.

For the Windows 98 Second Edition operating system and for the Windows Millennium Edition operating system, all users of the computer share the same license store. This license store is located in the following folder:

%SYSTEMROOT%\Application Data\All Users\DRM

%SYSTEMROOT% is the Windows directory on the operating system.

MORE INFORMATION

You can identify the RM certificate and the license files on a client computer by their name syntax:
  • The RM files are RM account certificates, user licenses, and client licensor certificates.
  • By default, the file names of these licenses and licensor certificate a .drm file extension.
  • The first three letters of the file name are distinguishing characters, such as GIC or EUL.
  • The following table provides examples of the file names for each type.

    Although the examples show only one GUID per file, there may be several GUIDs included in the file name. Each GUID represents a certificate in the chain of trust for the license or certificate.
Certificate or LicenseExample File Name
Rights Management Account CertificateGIC-<user>@<domain>.com-{certification_server_GUID}
Use LicenseEUL-{licensing_server_GUID}
Client Licensor CertificateCLC-<user>@<domain>.com-{licensing_server_GUID}
Note The <user> is a placeholder for the username of the computer.
Note The <domain> name is the placeholder for the domain of your computer.

REFERENCES

For more information, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web sites:

License Management
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/drmclsdk/htm/licensemanagement.asp

Storing and Retrieving Licenses and Certificates
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/drmclsdk/htm/storingandretrievinglicensesandcertificates.asp

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:3/16/2004
Keywords:kbStore kbClient kbCertServices kbinfo KB837265 kbAudDeveloper
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