License Management (MATLAB Installation Guide for PC) MATLAB Installation Guide for PC     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 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: Move to the $MATLAB\flexlm directory, where $MATLAB represents your MATLAB installation directory. Right-click on the flexlm.cpl file and select Open with Control Panel. In the FLEXlm License Manager control panel, click the Control tab. On this panel, click on the appropriate button to start, stop, or obtain status information about the license manager.  Using the FLEXlm Control Panel Installing the License Manager as a Service