Installation Guide for pc

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Starting and
Stopping the License Manager
On Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems, if you installed the license 
manager as a service, you can start it by rebooting your system. As a service, it 
gets started automatically at system boot time. 
You can also start or stop the license manager using:
• The Services control panel
• The FLEXlm License Manager control panel 
Using the Services Control Panel
To start or stop the license manager on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 system 
using the Services control panel:
• Click on the Start menu.
• Select the Settings option. 
• On the Settings menu, select the Control Panel option.
• In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click on the Services control panel 
icon, on NT systems. On Windows 2000 systems, double-click on 
Administrative Tools
and then double-click on Services. 
In the Services control panel, scroll through the list of services and look for the 
MATLAB License Server
entry. The Status field of the license manager entry 
should be Started and the Startup field should be Automatic. To start or stop 

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the license manager, select it in the list of services and click the appropriate 
button in the Services control panel. 
Using the FLEXlm Control Panel 
To start or stop the license manager on any Windows system, using the 
FLEXlm License Manager 
control panel (
flexlm.cpl
), follow this procedure:
1
Move to the 
$MATLAB\flexlm
directory, where 
$MATLAB
represents your 
MATLAB installation directory.