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This issue occurs mainly with the SW_D vendor daemon and may indicate that the vendor's configuration doesn't allow printing out required data. This problem may be unresolvable if you are unable to change the license server configuration.
Failure to start FLEXlm license server on Windows Vista
When trying to install a FLEXlm v9.2 application (for example, ESRI ArcGis) on Windows Vista, FLEXlm may fail when starting the license server. This failure can occur regardless whether UAC is enabled or disabled.
FLEXlm v9.2 was available long before Windows Vista, so it was not possible to test for all conditions that might occur on Windows Vista.
To fix this problem, update to a more recent version of FLEXlm through your application vendor. As an alternative workaround, you can run the license server as a background process using a batch script, such as the following:
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