When licenses are near expiring or have already expired, warning messages appear when opening ArcGIS applications. This document explains how to suppress the warning messages.

Verify the ArcObjects Developer Kit is installed. Check for the relevant path using Windows Explorer.

<Installation folder:>\ArcGIS\Utilities\
Click the Miscellaneous tab. Uncheck the box under Timeout Warnings and click close.

Cause: There are files in your machine, which are having future date/time stamp

Answer:

To correct, please follow these steps in Windows

Step 1:
Make sure the system's date, time, and time zone are correct.

To check this, go to the following location:

On Windows NT, 2000, and XP:
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Date/Time.

Step 2:
Make a search in the hard drive for files having future date/time stamps. Ensure to see all the hidden files and folders.

Windows 2000:
Start > Search > For Files or Folders > select Search Options
Check the Date box and select “Between”. Provide tomorrow's date and 12/31/2099. Click Search Now.

Step 3:
Check for Time Zone (TZ) variable.

Control Panels > Date/Time
Select the time zone tab

Step 4:
Remove all files and folders whose time/date stamp is greater than 4 hours into the future than the current system time/date. Please note that there may be system files, deleting which may cause irreparable damage to your OS. In that case, you may need to reinstall the operating system.

For UNIX,

First create a new file in root directory, e.g. abc.txt. This will have a current date stamp.

Issue the command "find / -newer abc.txt" This would search all the hard drives and give you the future dated file. Either you have "touch" or delete them from your hard drive to run the lmgrd license manager.

No. Extensions must have the same type of licensing as the core product.

For example:

Extensions provided with single use licenses can only be used with a single use installation of ArcEditor and ArcView. Each purchased extension requires its own registration number.

Extensions provided with concurrent use licenses can only be used with a concurrent use installation of ArcInfo, ArcEditor, and ArcView. Each purchased extension is released with the license file.

Check that the ArcGIS license server is running in UNIX.

Create an environment variable on the client machine to refer the location of the license server.

On Windows, go to MyComputer->right click->properties--> Advanced-> Environment variables.
In the variable field, enter: ESRI_LICENSE_FILE.

In the value field, enter: PORT@HOST
Apply the edits.

Cause: Problem in Registry Settings.

Answer:

The solution requires editing the registry. Use the Registry Editor utility at your own risk.
1. Click Start > Run.

2. Type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.

3. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > ESRI > License.

4. Right-click the blank portion of the right side of the Registry Editor window.

5. Click New > String Value.

a. If you are using ArcView Single User, type ArcView_Installed and press Enter.
b. If you are using ArcGIS Concurrent (License Manager), type ArcGIS_Installed and press Enter.

6. Double-click the entry you just added

7. In the Edit String window, type TRUE and press Enter

8. Exit the Registry Editor.

9. Click Start > Programs > ArcGIS > Desktop Administrator > Software Product. On the right side of the Desktop Administrator window, you should have the Desktop Administrator options available.

Following modification to the license file and firewall is needed to connect to a license server through a firewall.

Define a specific port number to be used by the vendor daemon by editing the vendor line in ALL license files (*.lic) in the license directory:

1. Navigate to the license directory:

Windows: :\Program Files\ESRI\License
UNIX: $ARCHOME/sysgen or $SDEHOME/sysgen (/sysgen directory that contains license.dat)

2. Use a text editing software to edit the vendor line in all of your ESRI license files (*.lic). Save your changes.

Note: DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OR EXTENSION OF THESE FILES.

Example: VENDOR ESRI port=27009

Note: the port number on the VENDOR line must be different than the port number on the SERVER line, which has a default value of 27005.

3. Stop and restart your license server.

Secondly, open the Server and Vendor port through the firewall. The server port is the last number on the SERVER line in your license file, by default it is 27005. The vendor port is the port you defined in the first step, 27009 in the example.

Once this is done your license server is ready for clients connecting to it trough the firewall.