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Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Ed Tanas Feb 22, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   GIS kb Feb 22, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Ed Tanas Feb 22, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Jon Paynter Feb 26, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Ed Tanas Feb 26, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Ed Tanas Feb 26, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Amani Alfarra Jan 07, 2008
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Wilbur Chaloping Sep 13, 2009
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   jacob lingwall Oct 24, 2009
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Jon Paynter Feb 27, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Andrew Odum Mar 25, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Mark Reineke Apr 20, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Laurene Koman Apr 20, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Mark Reineke Apr 20, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Jon Paynter Apr 20, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Mark Reineke Apr 23, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Philip Page Apr 23, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Eddie McClure May 07, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   deanna jacobsen Sep 19, 2008
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Gis Fan May 25, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Michel Audet May 29, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Jason McAlister Jun 04, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Jason McAlister Jun 04, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Pietro Blu Giandonato Jun 08, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   mastour alkhudaidi Jun 20, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Juliano Kersting Jun 28, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Marian Mitchell Jul 13, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Marian Mitchell Jul 13, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Erle Ellis Oct 10, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Marian Mitchell Oct 12, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Poul Damgaard Oct 13, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   John Alexander Oct 30, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Marian Mitchell Oct 30, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Ryan Wellings Nov 04, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Marian Mitchell Nov 05, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Ryan Wellings Nov 12, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Marian Mitchell Nov 12, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Roland Knapp Nov 26, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Marian Mitchell Nov 26, 2007
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   thu lorax Feb 12, 2008
Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta...   Martin Jänisch Nov 16, 2008
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Subject Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Ed Tanas 
Date Feb 22, 2007 
Message I figured out how to get the licence manager to start for Arc 9.2 on Vista ..
The main issue was that the Licence Manager Service would not start at all when restarting Vista. The key is to start the manager with a Batch script each time you reboot Vista..then launch ArcMap etc ...
here is the script for that Batch script
@echo off
cmdow @ /hid
cd "c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x"
lmgrd -z -c license.lic
FYI I have been using this now for 3 weeks and no issues..and 9.2 runs awesome on Vista 
  
@echo off
cmdow @ /hid
cd "c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x"
lmgrd -z -c license.lic
 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author GIS kb 
Date Feb 22, 2007 
Message I am about to upgrade to Vista. Thanks for your post.

By the way does ArcGIS 9.2 work well with Vista? 
  GIS KB

http://www.giskb.com 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Ed Tanas 
Date Feb 22, 2007 
Message Yes it work very well... no issues so far and it seems to seems to be faster and stabler than it ever was on XP 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Jon Paynter 
Date Feb 26, 2007 
Message Sorry for my denseness - I think I must be missing a step. Could you tell me the steps you followed to get the batch file and license manager running in Vista? It sounds like it should be straightforward (and I wish ESRI would provide just a little help here - but that's another matter).

We can do this offline if it would work better. 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Ed Tanas 
Date Feb 26, 2007 
Message Just install Arc as you usually would and have the licence sitting in the path... c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x

Step 1. Install ARCGIS as you normally would and ensure the license in sitting in the path "C:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x"

Step 2
Install ArcGis as you normally would.

Step 3 Create a File called "Start License Manager.cmd" with Notepad.

Step 4
in the "Start License Manager.cmd" file paste this code into it..
@echo off
cmdow @ /hid
cd "c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x"
lmgrd -z -c license.lic

Ensure you save the file as "Start License Manager.cmd"


Step 5
Run the "Start License Manager.cmd" file before you start Arcmap, Arccatalog etc. ..this will start the licence manager services needed first to allow you to run ARC map etc...

Good luck... 
  
@echo off
cmdow @ /hid
cd "c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x"
lmgrd -z -c license.lic
 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Ed Tanas 
Date Feb 26, 2007 
Message Also ensure that the Arcgis.exe and lmtools.exe files located in C:\Program Files\ESRI\License\arcgis9x is running in Windows XP (Service Pack 2) comapatabilty mode too in addition to the steps I mentioned in my previous post.. 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Amani Alfarra 
Date Jan 07, 2008 
Message I am strugling to make the Licence manager works on Vista, this didnt work with me so far can any one helps me, even though I had tried to do all the tips has been mentioned so far

Thnx
Amani 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Wilbur Chaloping 
Date Sep 13, 2009 
Message What about if I have a 64-Bit OS? Can I still install this? I have also ArcGIS 9.3 but I cant make it really work. What do you suggest please?

Thanks in advance 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author jacob lingwall 
Date Oct 24, 2009 
Message I was able to get the license manager to run by simply updated the
sentinel protection manager software that runs in the background with the LMGRD
download it here:

http://www.safenet-inc.com/Support_and_Downloads/Download_Drivers/Sentinel_Drivers.aspx 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Jon Paynter 
Date Feb 27, 2007 
Message Phew! - Finally got it to go. One extra step I had to do was go to the Registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/ESRI/License and hardwire the name of the license server. Desktop Administrator was refusing to let me specify the license server saying it was an invalid License Server. I also changed "lmgrd -z -c License.lic" to "lmgrd -z -c ." (added the period)

Thanks for your help. I'll refrain from any editorial comments about License Managers. 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Andrew Odum 
Date Mar 25, 2007 
Message Hi All,

Jon Paynter's addition of only a "." finally solved the problem for me. I have been working on this for a month. One question:
The "cmdow" command in this file gives an error statement. Is this correct?

Thanks to all fr getting this thing to work! 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Mark Reineke 
Date Apr 20, 2007 
Message I am still having trouble with the license manager.
I have loaded the LM and ArcGIS 9.2 (even SP2). I created the batch script and set the registry to my computer as the license server. Made sure all exe's were set to XP2 compatibility and Run As Administrator. I have made sure Norton IS will allow every major exe. ArcMap still gives me the FLEXlm error: -15,10. System Error: 10061 "WinSock: Connection refused.

My batch sript stays up after I run it stating that the "License daemon startup failed:" in one of the lines.

Any help at this point would be appreciated (and believe me...when I say any...that would be ten fold more than ESRI has shown me).

 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Laurene Koman 
Date Apr 20, 2007 
Message Check out your system services - do you see the ArcGIS service (LM) started or stopped? Can you manually start it?

 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Mark Reineke 
Date Apr 20, 2007 
Message When I go into Task Manager, I see it and it shows stopped...if I try to start it on the first screen,a warning states Access Denied. If I go into the services, and then view Properties of the ArcGIS service and try to Start it from there, it says it failed due to a timed out. 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Jon Paynter 
Date Apr 20, 2007 
Message I don't have consistent results running the license manager as a batch. It seems more often I have to manually start the service.

I get it going by:
1 - Select start, type cmd and then right-click on the program and select Run as Administrator
2 - go to c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x
3 - type "lmgrd -z -c ."
4 - Since the command window is open you should be able to see the licenses start up. That would help with diagnostics as well since you have a visual confirmation of what's happening.

I have to leave the cmd window running while I'm in ArcMap.

Does this help? 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Mark Reineke 
Date Apr 23, 2007 
Message That is what finally did it, you MUST run the cmd window As Administrator... (and also keep the window open while working in ArcMAP) Thanks.
Now, is there a way to create the batch file to start As Administrator? 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Philip Page 
Date Apr 23, 2007 
Message Jon's suggestions got this working for me too. I had to do the same registry edit to manually enter my hostname as a license manager, and then start lmgrd manually.

Mark, yes, in Vista you can run the .cmd file described above as administrator by right-clicking on it and selecting 'Run as Administrator'.

So my .cmd file is just two lines:
cd "c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x"
lmgrd -z -c .

Right-clicking and running this as admin leaves the cmd window open and ArcMap/ArcCatalog run fine.

I'll echo the comments I've seen in one or two threads that the interface seems to be noticeably faster on Vista than on XP, which is nice.

Phil
phpage@hawaii.edu

 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Eddie McClure 
Date May 07, 2007 
Message I've been trying for about a week to get up and running on a machine with Vista business with no luck. I've followed the directions posted here and just can't seem to get the license manager started. If someone would please contact me and walk me through everything it takes to get the software up and going that would be great. I can be contacted at emcclure@ccmwa.org. Thanks 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author deanna jacobsen 
Date Sep 19, 2008 
Message YippEEE!!!! Thanks everyone. I was also getting the -14.7 error 11004(?) not able to find the name and I also worked on this for days. I used the mini command (the "start license manager.cmd" outlined elsewhere in the threads AND changed the @not set (found in the regedit.exe) to @machinename and VOILA! Suddenly, Imgrd works and ArcGIS starts right up! (as long as the command program runs inthe background)
Most excellent Day! 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Gis Fan 
Date May 25, 2007 
Message Bought a machine today with Vista pre-installed. After going through the hoops to get used to new way of computing and try to bring my user experience as close to as on XP, and after having decided to not to risk XP/Vista dual-boot, I came here. Like everybody else.

I had to change the lmgrd call to following to make it work though:

lmgrd -z -c .\licence.lic

(Note the backslash. Assumes that licence file is located in the same directory as lmgrd).

I also did the registry update as someone mentioned here. But I am not sure if that is required or not.

Still, can't run ARCGIS.EXE from the services control panel. 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Michel Audet 
Date May 29, 2007 
Message I can run ArcGIS now.

Before creating the .cmd (like Philip Page said), I uninstall all (ArcGIS and the License Manager) and desactivate the user accompt control in Vista before install only the licence manager. Ireboot the sys tem after installing the license manager, run the .cmd file to start the license manager.

After that I install ArcGIS and it's work. 
  Michel Audet
VISIONAir-UAV
www.visionair-uav.ca



 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Jason McAlister 
Date Jun 04, 2007 
Message ok guys, this one worked for me (I tried all the others): --- sorry, I mean (: -- thanks for the suggestions anyway.

Don't worry about uninstalling/reinstalling, just install the program and try the following for the command.

Make sure to go into control panel < "user accounts", and turn off the "user account control".




 
  
@echo off
cmdow @ /hid
cd "c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x"
lmgrd -z -c .
 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Jason McAlister 
Date Jun 04, 2007 
Message Almost forgot (in a hurry to catch all the time lost on this)...

Go ahead and update the driver for the hardlock if you've got one. Probably the most important part of the equation.

http://www.safenet-inc.com/support/tech/sentinel.asp 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Pietro Blu Giandonato 
Date Jun 08, 2007 
Message Hi all,
so I try to make a summary of the solution... of course the one that worked for me :)

1. Install ArcGIS as usual...

2. Create a file called "Start License Manager.cmd" with Notepad and save it in a safe place (could be "C:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x\")

3. Write in "Start License Manager.cmd" the following code:
@echo off
cmdow @ /hid
cd "c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x"
lmgrd -z -c .

4. For your convenience put a link to this file on your desktop, so you can launch it when needed (before starting ArcGIS sessions).

5. Go into Control panel -> User accounts, and turn off the "user account control".

6. Set "Run as administrator" (right click) and Properties -> Compatibility -> Windows XP SP2 for all the exes in c:\program files\esri\license\arcgis9x\ that is: arcgis, lmgrd, lmtools, lmutil.

7. Launch Start License Manager.cmd (from the dt link) before starting ArcGIS sessions and LET ITS WINDOW OPEN (maybe reduce it to taskbar).

8. that's all folks!

Obviously many many many thanks to everyone that contributed to build up this fix...

Cheers,
Pietro Blu


PS hoping ESRI will soon release a Vista compatible LM tool ;)
 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author mastour alkhudaidi 
Date Jun 20, 2007 
Message Hi

To fix this problem download a new ver. of
lmgrd.exe
lmutil.exe
lmtools.exe

for any Oprating System (Windows 32/64, Unix,...) from this link:

http://www.macrovision.com/support/by_category/fnp_utilities_download.shtml

Or download the attachement file if you have Microsoft Windows® 32-bit(vista, xp, ...) and extract it to Arcgis License Dir:
C:\Program Files\ESRI\License\arcgis9x

Then run License Manager Tools(lmtools.exe)
--> "Start/Stop/Reread"
--> "Start Server"
--> "Reread License File" then Enjoy!!!


THIS FIX MY PROBLEMMMMM
I Hope this fix yours.

Mastour; 
  lmtools.zip (opens in new window)
 
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Juliano Kersting 
Date Jun 28, 2007 
Message Awesome!

After strugling with this subject for a long time.

ArcGIS 9.2 & License Manager are working just fine here with Widows Vista Ultimate 64 bits.

All I did was replacing the files with the 3 attached ones.

And runnning the lmtools as usual.

Thanks! 
  Juliano Kersting
Sr GIS Analyst
University of Calgary, Canada
Information Technology
jkersting@gmail.com 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Marian Mitchell 
Date Jul 13, 2007 
Message I can see I'm not alone in this problem, , though have been working on it only for 3 days (got vista machine on Wednesday). Thank all of you for the info you have given. However

I still keep getting the "cannot find SERVER hostname in network database". Have downloaded new lmgrd, lmutils, lmtools. Have written .cmd file (leaving echo on for now). Have set everything to be compatible with XPsp2. Have started cmd prompt as admin & run new cmd file. lmgrd starts the arc/info server but apparently not the ArcMap server. It hangs up on the line "ARCGIS using TCP-port 49700".

When I've gone to lmtools server status it returns "License server status 27004@my IP address". But when I go to start/stop/reread, StartSever returns "no server selected".

The lm* files are v10.8.5.0 build 31891 x64_n6 (am on 64-bit machine). The rest of the Arc executables return :FLEXlm v7.0d for liblmgr.a, lbmgr_as.a and libmgr_s.a.

What am I leaving out? I thought I saw something somewhere in this thread about setting registry keys, but I didn't catch which keys in which way.



 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Marian Mitchell 
Date Jul 13, 2007 
Message I forgot to say, I can be contacted at mitch285@msu.edu. And I have installed the latest sentinel driver. 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Erle Ellis 
Date Oct 10, 2007 
Message I am also unable to get 9.2 to run on Vista Business x64. I did all the steps.

I am using a new sentinel usb key, with 7.4 software.

At this point, lmgrd.exe crashes after running for a very short time.

Any help in getting this to run would be highly appreciated!

Thanks,
-Erle 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Marian Mitchell 
Date Oct 12, 2007 
Message Hi Erle,

I finally did get ArcGIS working -- looked into a whole lot of threads. I uploaded my results at
http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=93&f=1148&t=228206&mc=0#msgid692668

I hope it helps.

Marian 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Poul Damgaard 
Date Oct 13, 2007 
Message Cool... looks very useful. Thanks.

-- Poul
---------
Flexlm license management - http://www.x-formation.com/license_statistics/index.html

LM-X License Manager - http://www.x-formation.com/lm-x_license_manager/index.html

 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author John Alexander 
Date Oct 30, 2007 
Message Hi Marian, I met the same problem.Do you make it? 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Marian Mitchell 
Date Oct 30, 2007 
Message Hello John,

Yes, I did. Follow the link in my Oct 12 message (second one above yours in this thread).

Good luck,
Marian 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Ryan Wellings 
Date Nov 04, 2007 
Message Ok so I have tried EVERYTHING on here and when I run the "start License Manager" it says that I have 2 servers in license file.. any idea? and when I try to run Arcmap it says The desired vendor daemon is down.. 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Marian Mitchell 
Date Nov 05, 2007 
Message In my license file, the only place where the server is mentioned is in the first line, and it's only mentioned one time. Could it be that somehow the text of the license file got copied in there twice? Use Notepad, or Word even, to look at the file's content & double check. With either package, you'll have to use the 'all files' option in order for the software to be able to see the license file.

If that doesn't help, or just gets rid of the 'two servers' message but you still get the 'vendor daemon' message, post a question in this conference. I've gotten responses within the hour, sometimes, but certainly within the next day or two. (I only moved from ArcView to ArcDesktop/workstation in June, & have been hastling with Vista since August or so. There are folks out there who know a =whole= lot more about this stuff than me.)

Good luck Ryan.

Marian 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Ryan Wellings 
Date Nov 12, 2007 
Message ok.. so I've taken care of the last problem... now I get this:License server status: 27000@RHINO
License file(s) on *****: C:\flexlm\license.dat:

*****: license server UP (MASTER) v11.4
this-host: License server machine is down or not responding.
See the system adminstrator about starting the license server system, or
make sure you're referring to the right host (see LM_LICENSE_FILE).
Hostname: this-host
License path: 27000@*****
FLEXnet Licensing error:-96,7. System Error: 11004 "WinSock: Valid name, but no record (NO_ADDRESS)"

and It's on a 32 bit version of Vista, I've downloaded the new lmtools, lmgrd and the Sentinel server and installed them...

Any Idea's?
 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Marian Mitchell 
Date Nov 12, 2007 
Message I haven't the foggiest notion. That is one message I haven't encountered. Sorry about that Ryan. Ask this question in the Installation, Releases, and Licensing forum as a new thread. There are lots of people out there who know more than me.

Marian 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Roland Knapp 
Date Nov 26, 2007 
Message Mastour - Is replacing these three files and then running the License Manager routine that you describe all you did to get License Manager to work under Vista? Other suggestions in this thread have included creating a "Start License Manager.cmd" file, updating the hardware key drivers, and turning off "user account control". I'm trying to figure out whether these other tweaks are still necessary? Thanks. Roland 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Marian Mitchell 
Date Nov 26, 2007 
Message Hi Roland,

I put everything I did in this thread: http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=93&f=1148&t=228206&mc=3#msgid692668

Hope that helps.

Marian 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author thu lorax 
Date Feb 12, 2008 
Message FINALLY!!! Like everyone else I've been kicking and screaming for a long time, trying lots of different patches and such. The keys for me I believe were:

1) changing the name in the registry as suggested above. For step-by-step see:
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techarticles.articleShow&d=33925

2)Running a command window, and keeping it open while I typed the commands used in this Thread to see what went wrong. I kept missing the space between the "-c" and the "." in "lmgrd -z -c ."

I wasted my free phone call to ESRI helpdesk, and they were totally useless and snide. In the end it seems simple enough that their techys could have easily walked me through it. 
   
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Subject Re: Licence Manager now works on VIsta... 
Author Martin Jänisch 
Date Nov 16, 2008 
Message Hey@all.
I try installing ArcGis since 6 weeks. Nothing works...ArcView,ArcGis Desktop 9.2 Evaluation Edition and now trying ArcGis Desktop 9.2 as a crack. Everytime "Server Start failed"...i created this .cmd and changed the registry and the license.dat. When starting server the License Manager is displayed grey in the list above. And to download new .exe-files is not possible because the website is not available anymore.I heared about an ESRIfloat.reg or something like this to reg in the registry. But there is no file with this name.??? I did the installation and want to try license manager later. There i got message "...no valid server", but hostname is correct. So perhaps someone has an idea...Thanks.Martin 
   
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