Windows Licensing Monitoring Service (WLMS) has stopped. Upgraded 2008 R2 from Eval ISO

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Upgrade path: 2008 -> 2008 R2 (using Eval ISO) -> 2012 R2 (using retail disk)
I currently have Windows 2012 R2 installed. I've upgraded the 2008 to 2008 R2 using a eval iso from Microsoft. Then upgrade it to 2012 R2 using my retail copy. Now i get a message saying that WLMS has stopped and it can't be started. I've check to make sure that the OS is not an eval. I suspect that the serviced got carried over from the 2008 R2 eval installation. Is there away to get rid of this service?
Thank you

Best Answer

Try the solution with editing the Registry as it is suggested below:

1> Run regedit using elevated privileges.

2> Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WLMS.

3> Right click on WLMS and select Permissions.

4> Click Advanced button and select Owner Tab.

5> Change owner to Administrators, click Replace owner... and press Apply.

6> Click OK and on the Security tab, make sure that Administrators have Full Control. Click OK.

7> Change the Start value for the WLMS service to 4.

Source: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/77d68d0d-be7e-4721-85d0-9db8fffa3568/disable-wlms-windows-license-monitoring-service?forum=winserversetup

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