RbrtMackay

When trying to get new licenses over the weekend I have managed to mess up my Houdini installation. Not realizing that the Houdini server was down I attempted to remove and reinstall the program any number of times. After running the program for a month I cannot now renew my licences. When I try I get and error message saying that “Cannot connect to license server on ‘mycomputer ‘”. Looking under the Administrative Tools: Services: Houdini License Server I find that it is disabled. When I try to start it I get a message saying that “Error 1058: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no in enabled devices associated with it.” The Houdini licenses Client seems to be running all right. The folder key is empty. When I run the Houdini License Administrator there is 2 red lights at the bottom of the dialog box with 2 messages. 1) Server not running and 2) Invalid server key. When I run the dialogistic information there is a message ‘verify that sesineted is running’ I have no idea on how to correct this as removing and reinstalling seems to have no effect. I am in need of some serious HELP.
This is for the apprentice version.

I got my copy of houdini off the 3D World magazine and it worked for a month. I got the messages to get new licences but every time I tryed to get the renewals the licence program would hang up. I tried to remove the old installation by unstalling but there are registary and other entries that were not removed. I tried to remove what I could find but seem to have made a real mess of the whole system. When I try to reinstall I now get a message that “cannot connect to the licence service on ‘my machine’”. Help!!
bob