Vista is Out!

[StewartKnight]

eejit, I got the licence from MS, but we do have a school agreement with them.

[eejit]

Cheers Stewart, our installation was keyless though - was yours not?

[ThatBoringBloke]

How does the KMS centralized server work? And what sort of server do you need to run it?

 

At the moment the KMS service only runs on either a 'longhorn' server or a vista machine. It is also set to be included in 2003 sp2.

 

The KMS service basically acts alot like WSUS in that the clients go to it and then it goes to MS. For a vista client to be authorised by the KMS it must log onto the LAN at least every six months.

[CyberNerd]

For a vista client to be authorised by the KMS it must log onto the LAN at least every six months.

 

..so what if it isn't authorised, someone goes long-term ill etc - is the license revoked? do MS Deny access to the machine? I read this article last night - pretty scary, but does it look to be true? http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423/1

 

:edit - sorry I gave link to p4

[ThatBoringBloke]

It aparently goes into a reduced functionality mode that then gives the user 30 days to activate it again. After that they're scr3wed!

[john]

They are not scr3wed as you put it, it goes into reduced functionality mode, like MS Office 2003 did if you didn't activate it, things like Aero will turn off, and it will go very basic and simple and stupid to a point. Also with the KMS you must have 25 machines on the system all at once before it will start to work and do its stuff.