I am getting the error message "license not found, error

17" when I try to run SAP 2000. How do I fix this?

Please try the following:

Connect to the Campus VPN service with the TunnelAll setting.

1. For versions previous to 17, delete the file lservrc located by default in C:\Program Files\Computers and Structures\SAP2000\17, or version you have installed.
2. Manually set the license server environment variable:
3. Right click on Computer in the Start Menu and select Properties > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables
4. Under the System Variables section check to see if LSFORCEHOST exists [if so confirm its value matches the license server found under your order]. If not, click New and set the name to LSFORCEHOST and the value to the license server found under your order.
5. Click OK to close all the windows.

If this does not fix your problem please browse to here. Note the IP address displayed, then contact us with the IP address and name of your computer so we can check the license managers logs. Email webstore@illinois.edu

This error occurs when the client machine is having issues connecting to the server. In order to fix it, create the LMHOST.ini file following these steps:

1. Open Notepad.
2. Type the name or IP address of the server machine.
3. Select File > Save as... and name it "LMHOST.INI"
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5. Place the LMHOST.ini file in the software installation folder [i.e C: > Program Files….\Computers and Structures > [PRODUCT NAME]] on the client machine.

Network licenses broadcasts a signal to the network in effort to locate the license server and then retrieve the network license file, files such as the LMHOST.ini speed the time it takes the software to locate the network license.

Sometimes, creating a file called LSHOST [with no extension] helps. The LSHOST file procedure is the same as that for the LMHOST.INI file except for the difference in file name. Users should use the LMHOST.INI file instead of this. If more than one machine serves licensing, enter each name or IP address on a separate line of text.

If the error continues, from the server machine go to: C:\Program Files [x86]\Computers and Structures\Sentinel RMS 9.7 Utilities, run the WlmAdmin.exe utility and verify the license expiration date. If it's expired, follow these steps to renew it.