Starting the License Server

Windows 95/98/ME License Server

A Windows 95/98/ME license server can be configured to be started automatically when Windows 95/98/ME starts or to be started manually.

To enable automatic license server startup, add the license server program, lserv9x.exe, to the Windows 95/98/ME system StartUp folder. You may use Windows Explorer to open this folder, select the lserv9x.exe shortcut, and display its properties. You can review and change license server command line parameters by changing the contents of the Target  field on the Shortcut tab.

To start the license server manually, you simply run lserv9x.exe. You can do this from a MS- DOS window or by double-clicking the lserv9x.exe entry in Windows Explorer.

By default, when a user logs out, the license server exits. This can be changed by providing the -b command line option to the license server. When this option is used, the license server will keep running as a background process when a user logs out.

When the license server is started without the -b option, a status window is created which is used as a reminder that the license server is running. If you see this Window or an entry for it in the taskbar, you will know that if you log out the license server will stop. You can also stop the license server by closing this window.