On Windows 7, the license server does not start when configured to run as a service.
You may receive one of the following error messages:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
The FLEXlm License manager does not respond in a timely manner.
Server Start Failed. The Server May Already Be Running!
StartService: unknown error.
However, starting the license manager via the command line works. This is caused by lmgrd.exe which does not completely comply with the requirements for a service running on Windows 7.
To solve this:
1. Contact our Support team to get the lmgrd for Microsoft Windows 32-bit, x86.
2. Rename the existing lmgrd.exe to something else, and put the new lmgrd.exe instead.
Now you should be able to start the license server using the Services Control Panel of Windows 7.
To use LMTOOLS to control the license server, you will need to update LMTOOLS as well:
1. Contact our Support team to get the lmtools for Microsoft Windows 32-bit, x86.
2. Rename the existing lmtools.exe to something else, and put the new lmtools.exe instead.The 32-bit version of lmgrd and lmtools work fine on Windows 7 64-bit.