The evaluation period for Microsoft Office Live Communication Server 2005 has expired
All of a sudden my LCS/OCS server shot this message in the application event log and the server wouldn’t start.
Error Message:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Live Communications Server
Event Category: (1000)
Event ID: 12290
Date: 19/10/2009
Time: 9:10:42 AM
User: N/A
Computer: INTGVIRT2K3004
Description:
The evaluation period for Microsoft Office Live Communication Server 2005 has expired. Obtain the released version of this product and upgrade to the non-evaluation version by running setup.exe
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
The error is because of patch KB974571, the only current resolution is to remove it.
For those not aware of how to uninstall patches. it’s now hidden in add/remove programs there is a tick box at the top that says “show updates”.
Once ticked, search for the update, uninstall and then reboot and the problem should be resolved.
This issue has been addressed on technet:
http://blogs.technet.com/dodeitte/archive/2009/10/13/do-not-apply-kb974571-to-lcs-ocs-servers.aspx