To Exclude Windows Versions

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To perform this procedure, you must be logged on locally to the administration Web site with a domain user account that is a member of the Administrators group. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

These conditions are enforced by the client at the time the use license is bound to the rights-protected content.

Excluding Windows Versions

To Exclude Windows Versions

  1. Log on to computer with a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group.

  2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Windows RMS, and then click Windows RMS Administration to open the Global Administration page.

  3. Next to the Web site on which you want to exclude Windows versions, click Administer RMS on this Web site.

  4. In the Administration links area, click Exclusion policies.

  5. In the Windows version exclusion area, click Enable to exclude Microsoft® Windows 98 Second Edition, and Microsoft® Windows Millennium Edition.

    To disable the exclusion of these Windows versions, click Disable.

For more information about performing this procedure, see "Excluding Windows Versions" earlier in this subject.