No Services Have Been Registered to Use Licensing

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you double-click the Licensing icon in Control Panel produces the following error message:

No Services have been registered to use Licensing.

NOTE: This does not apply to Windows NT 4.0.

RESOLUTION

The FilePrintkey in the Licensing portion of the Windows NT registry has been removed. Follow these steps to install the FilePrintkey back in the Registry.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be resolved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

If you currently have another working Windows NT computer you can restore the Fileprint key from the working computer by performing the following steps:

1. From the working Windows NT computer, start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and select the following subkey:




HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LicenseInfo


2. With the LicenseInfo Key selected, click Save Key from the Registry menu to save the LicenceInfo Key to a file (for example, A:\Licenseinfo.tmp).



3. Then take the floppy disk to the problem Windows NT computer and start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and select the following subkey:




HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LicenseInfo


4. With the LicenseInfo Key selected, click Restore from the Registry menu to restore the working LicenceInfo Key (for example, A:\Licenseinfo.tmp).

If there is not another Windows NT computer available, you can manually add the FilePrint key in the Registry by performing the following steps:

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and select the following subkey:




HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LicenseInfo


2. From the Edit menu, click Add Key and create a new value of Data Type REG_DWORD named FilePrint.



3. Select FilePrint, click Add Value from the Edit menu, and add new values for each of the following:




   Name: ConcurrentLimit
   Type: REG_DWORD
   Data: 0xa

   Name: DisplayName
   Type: REG_SZ
   Data: Windows NT Server

   Name: FamilyDisplayName
   Type: REG_SZ
   Data: Windows NT Server

   Name: FlipAllow
   Type: REG_DWORD
   Data: 0x1

   Name: LocalKey
   Type: REG_DWORD
   Data: 0

   Name: Mode
   Type: REG_DWORD
   Data: 0x1 

Additional query words: prodnt licensing services

Keywords : kbenv ntdomain NTSrvWkst
Version : winnt:3.5,3.51
Platform : winnt
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