Terminal Server Does Not Support Sentinel Devices

ID: Q186514

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

Terminal Server does not support applications that use a sentinel device (dongle). Software that uses this means of security is intended for a single operating system and a single user, and therefor inappropriate for use with Terminal Server. This is true even if only one user were to use the Terminal Server computer.

Terminal Server is intended to behave like multiple Windows NT Workstations. Software written to make use of a sentinel device (dongle) is typically also licensed for single user/single computer use. Under no circumstances would Terminal Server fulfill this licensing requirement. Because of this, Terminal Server does not support any application that uses a sentinel device.

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Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo