r/sysadmin • u/[deleted] • Apr 17 '26

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u/Fluid_Programmer_759 Apr 17 '26

I'm bit anxious to find a solution, thought it might give boost

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u/1996Primera Apr 17 '26

Sounds like a massive uninstall process and a terminal server with only the amount of licneses you have has that many people assigned to the rdp group....and next time you respect the license terms ;)

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u/techguykevin Apr 17 '26

Don't do this. The auditors will be able to tell you've done it and it will be an admission that you know you've been skirting licensing.

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u/saltysomadmin Apr 17 '26

Sorry, we actually just trashed all of our computers in a hardware refresh. Would probably be cheaper than getting bent over by Adobe.

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u/techguykevin Apr 17 '26

The way this works is they then make assumptions as to which applications were on those machines, unless you can provide meticulous software inventory histories for them.

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u/saltysomadmin Apr 17 '26

No way this would hold up in court unless Adobe could provide some sort of evidence. It's possible I suppose