From: "Robert Comer" 

No, that's not was I was testing in that case, it always had internet access.

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Bob Comer


"Geo."  wrote in message
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> When you restarted the license service (assuming you were still blocking
> internet access) did it return to full function mode?
>
> Geo.
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:459fbb53$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>I know, it was just a test case for me to verify that.  I'm much more
>>interested in it happening when for other reasons.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>>> If you go to services view where it shows the description in the left
>>> hand side of the service list, click on license service, you will see
>>> that description.
>>>
>>> I know the license service being disabled will trigger reduced function
>>> mode, that's how I confirmed what I was seeing was reduced function mode
>>> but I was seeing it with the license service started not disabled.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>> "Robert Comer"  wrote
in message
>>> news:459f27ac$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Make that disabling the licensing service then rebooting triggers
>>>> reduced functionality, but there's nowhere it says anything like
>>>> that...
>>>>
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>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>>>>> If after 3 days solitaire still starts up fine, try
stopping and then
>>>>> right away starting the software license service,
maybe that will be
>>>>> an easy way to trigger the system to go looking for a
phone. If it
>>>>> does at least we'll know that it can be triggered and then keep
>>>>> looking even though the trigger has been corrected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Geo.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>>>>> news:459b110a{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> No reduced functionality here yet on either of my
test case VM's...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Geo."  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:459af278$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> "Mike N."
 wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:b1ikp2h9n8lqb9sdfv8pjbisah8c4ligqf{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  The thinking was undoubtably, "big
corp whose firewall denies all
>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>> default will use an internal activation
server".    They forget
>>>>>>>> "small shop
>>>>>>>> with decent firewall policy" has no
default connectivity either.
>>>>>>>> I can
>>>>>>>> think of several of these that would fall
afoul of Geo's test and
>>>>>>>> degrade
>>>>>>>> to 19" LCD monitor that just displays
a spinning doughnut.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At this point it's still unclear what
triggered the reduced
>>>>>>> functionality. It's clear what cured it but
the cause could have
>>>>>>> been the routes or could have been any of or
any combination of the
>>>>>>> other things I did since installing. Until I
get time or one of the
>>>>>>> other folks can reproduce it I can't say for sure.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My guess is it works similar to the
reactivation thing where if you
>>>>>>> change a video card it doesn't go off but if
you change a videocard,
>>>>>>> a mouse, and add a ram stick it does go off.
This could also have
>>>>>>> been triggered by a combination of events,
hard to say right now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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