I have attempted to troubleshoot the problem I am having with the license file provided to me by Solidworks. With SW2007, everything worked fine, and even with SW2008 after the upgrade of the Solidworks License Manager to the latest version as specified in the upgrade manual. However, the license has stopped working, and I'm trying to figure out where the problem exists.

Currently I have tried the following:
1) Added "VENDOR SW_D" and "USE_SERVER" lines to the license file.
The error I get at this point is:

14:22:00 (lmgrd) pid 4080
14:22:00 (lmgrd) Done rereading
14:22:00 (lmgrd) FLEXnet Licensing (v11.4.100.0 build 50818 i86_n3) started on myserver (IBM PC) (7/15/2008)
14:22:00 (lmgrd) Copyright (c) 1988-2007 Macrovision Europe Ltd. and/or Macrovision Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
14:22:00 (lmgrd) US Patents 5,390,297 and 5,671,412.
14:22:00 (lmgrd) World Wide Web: http://www.macrovision.com
14:22:00 (lmgrd) License file(s): C:\Program Files\SolidWorks SolidNetWork License Manager\licenses\license.lic
14:22:00 (lmgrd) lmgrd tcp-port 25734
14:22:00 (lmgrd) Starting vendor daemons ...
14:22:00 (lmgrd) Started SW_D (pid 3284)
14:22:00 (SW_D) Unable to initialize access to trusted storage: 1
14:22:00 (SW_D) FLEXnet Licensing version v11.4.100.0 build 50818 i86_n3
14:22:00 (SW_D) Server started on myserver for: solidworks
14:22:00 (SW_D) dwgeditor
14:22:00 (SW_D) dongle not connected: (p1=0, p2=0, p3=0, p4=0)
14:22:00 (SW_D) retry Count = 3
14:22:01 (SW_D) dongle not connected: (p1=0, p2=0, p3=0, p4=0)
14:22:01 (SW_D) retry Count = 2
14:22:01 (lmgrd) Rereading license file... Requested from root@myserver
14:22:01 (lmgrd) Can't send reread to SW_D: No socket connection to license server manager. (-7,10015)
14:22:01 (lmgrd) Done rereading
14:22:01 (lmgrd) ...Finished rereading
14:22:02 (SW_D) dongle not connected: (p1=0, p2=0, p3=0, p4=0)
14:22:02 (SW_D) retry Count = 1
14:22:03 (SW_D) Wrong hostid on SERVER line for license file:
14:22:03 (SW_D) C:\Program Files\SolidWorks SolidNetWork License Manager\licenses\licenseNEW.lic
14:22:03 (SW_D) dongle not connected: (p1=0, p2=0, p3=0, p4=0)
14:22:03 (SW_D) retry Count = 3
14:22:04 (SW_D) dongle not connected: (p1=0, p2=0, p3=0, p4=0)
14:22:04 (SW_D) retry Count = 2
14:22:05 (SW_D) dongle not connected: (p1=0, p2=0, p3=0, p4=0)
14:22:05 (SW_D) retry Count = 1
14:22:06 (SW_D) SERVER line says FLEXID=9-xxxxxxxx, hostid is (Can't get hostid of type 15 [Cannot read dongle: check dongle or driver. (-110,511)])
14:22:06 (SW_D) Invalid hostid on SERVER line
14:22:06 (SW_D) Disabling 6 licenses from feature dwgeditor(xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx )
14:22:06 (SW_D) Disabling 2 licenses from feature solidworks(xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx )
14:22:06 (SW_D) EXTERNAL FILTERS are OFF
14:22:06 (lmgrd) SW_D using TCP-port 4419
14:22:06 (SW_D) No valid hostids, exiting
14:22:06 (SW_D) EXITING DUE TO SIGNAL 25 Exit reason 2
14:22:11 (lmgrd) SW_D exited with status 25 (Invalid host)
14:22:11 (lmgrd) Please correct problem and restart daemons

2) Removed "VENDOR SW_D" and "USE_SERVER" lines to the license file.
Therefore the license looks exactly as sent to me by the automated system.
The error I get at this point is:

14:27:57 (lmgrd) pid 1820
14:27:57 (lmgrd) Done rereading
14:27:57 (lmgrd) FLEXnet Licensing (v11.4.100.0 build 50818 i86_n3) started on myserver (IBM PC) (7/15/2008)
14:27:57 (lmgrd) Copyright (c) 1988-2007 Macrovision Europe Ltd. and/or Macrovision Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
14:27:57 (lmgrd) US Patents 5,390,297 and 5,671,412.
14:27:57 (lmgrd) World Wide Web: http://www.macrovision.com
14:27:57 (lmgrd) License file(s): C:\Program Files\SolidWorks SolidNetWork License Manager\licenses\license.lic
14:27:57 (lmgrd) lmgrd tcp-port 25734
14:27:57 (lmgrd) The license server manager has found no vendor daemons to start
14:27:57 (lmgrd) (There are no VENDOR (or DAEMON) lines in the license file),
lmgrd exiting.

3) Reinstalled the driver using the command line and typing "haspdinst.exe -i".
Installation was successful, but the problem as shown above remain.

4) Verified the server had the services "lmgrd.exe", "sw_d.exe", and
"swlmwiz.exe" were exempt from the DATA EXECUTION PREVENTION rules.
They are part of the exemption list, but the problem still persists.

If anyone has any idea of what may be going on, I'd really appreciate the help! We have many people at work that need Solidworks on a daily basis, and not having the server operate properly right now brought their work to a halt.

Thank you!
Gunnar