Windows 2000 Server running out of licenses

[jmassi]

I hope someone can shed some light on this for me or point me in the right direction. Here's what I have:

2000 Server PDC in parent domain

2000 Server PDC in child domain

Both have licensing set to Per Seat

PDC in parent domain has licenses installed

PDC in child domain has its own licenses installed

The problem I am having is that when I delete a user account I delete the licenses as well, but they keep reappearing in the License Manager and I keep going over my limit. I've tried deleting the user from the license manager but they still pop back in there. How do I keep old deleted users from reappearing in license manager??

[Tripredacus]

Is there a way to disable the account and free up the license? It usually isn't a good idea to delete an account of an ex-employee, but to assign them to a group that can't do anything. Maybe I'm not understanding how licensing figures into it tho.

[jmassi]

I've tried that. No good. What I can't figure out is that if I delete a user account in AD and in the license manager, how does that user account keep reappearing??

[jmassi]

Is it possible to turn off replication for licensing?

[DosFreak]

You can disable the licensing service. It won't affect functionality in any way it's just there for tracking your licenses. (and of course there are better ways to track licenses anyway).