@Tx2online: Login to the license server itself which has the license dongle plugged into. Then go to startall programssolidworks 2008solidworks solidnetwork license manager click on solidnetwork administrator. Window comes up with several tabbed options you will see the Server administration tab, this is the one you want which will give you the option of rereading or modifying your license key. Do you have the license key in txt file format it should end with the.lic extension just point it to this and click. Hope this is of help.

• Solidworks License Server
• Solidworks License Key
• Solidworks Product Key

@Tx2online: Login to the license server itself which has the license dongle plugged into. Then go to startall programssolidworks 2008solidworks solidnetwork license manager click on solidnetwork administrator.

Window comes up with several tabbed options you will see the Server administration tab, this is the one you want which will give you the option of rereading or modifying your license key. Do you have the license key in txt file format it should end with the.lic extension just point it to this and click. Hope this is of help. Ok, done all that, and I was informed the licence had been 're-read' but haven't had chance to see if it cured the problem. Will let you know. Edit; nope, not cured the problem.

Back to the drawing board. SolidWorks support and forums are a waste of space:-(. I'm now having the same problem with Solidworks 2010.

I've installed the license administrator on a server, created an administrative installation set to point to the license server. Installed from the administative image on a few machines and tested it OK.

I originally had a problem where the license server name had to be in the format, not just 27534@server. I've just spent a whole day installing throughout the rest of the school, and come in this morning and none of them can obtain a license - not even the ones that could before. EDIT: I've just found that reinstalling Solidworks on the clients fixes the problem. I haven't changed the administrative install image, though, so I'm not convinced it won't happen again.

Thread Revival! We are still having problems with Running Solidworks. Everytime we try it comes back with the error message; Could not obtain a license for Solidworks Standard.

Solidworks License Server

(AutoCAD, SolidWorks, DraftSight. INVALID(INCONSISTENT) LICENSE KEY OR SIGNATURE. Invalid license key (inconsistent authentication code).

Solidworks License Key

Server node is down or not responding. (-96,491,0) We have found however when we turned off the firewall on the solidworks server, Clients could connect and everything worked fine.

Soon as we turned it on again we receive the error message. We have tried hundreds of different exception and ports but none seem to work. Any help would be appreciated!

Solidworks Product Key

Solution These error messages can indicate one of the following issues:. The server hostname and MAC address (physical address) used to generate this license file are incorrect. You should verify that the server information listed in the license file matches the details on the System Settings tab in LMTOOLS. These errors can also occur if you combine multiple license files and the server hostname and MAC address are not consistent between all license increments. The version of FLEX lm® or FLEX net being used is out of date. Check the Network Licensing Guide for your product to determine the correct FLEX lm version. Check the debug log file to make sure that both Lmgrd and Adskflex display the correct version.

Note: The server hostname and MAC address listed at the top of Autodesk license files are encrypted into each product increment and cannot be manually edited without invalidating the license file. If the server information is incorrect or you have manually modified the server details, you will need to submit a new request for a license file from Autodesk.