Inventor: Offline 30-day License Counter appears in the upper right hand corner

Issue:
Inventor: Offline 30 day License Counter appears in the upper right hand corner.

 
Figure 1

Causes:
Expired License
No Internet Connection
Security is Blocking the Autodesk Licensing
Out of Date License Manager, SSO, Identity Manager
Corrupted License Manager
Solution:

Expired License
•    Go to www.autodesk.com
•    Login
•    Go to Products and Services Verify your license is in good standing.

No Internet Connection
•    Verify you have internet access and can connect to the interney.

Security is Blocking the Autodesk Licensing
•    Verify you have the proper exceptions in your Firewall.
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/What-URLs-protocols-should-be-accessible-for-Desktop-Subscription-to-work-html.html

Out of Date License Manager, SSO, Identity Manager
•    Make sure you have the latest Licensing Service installed.
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/f5IhBc15i0kOwzBb8lcEN.html
•    Make sure you have the most current SSO component Installed.
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/A785RG35hP8oUR96WrYkn.html
•    Make sure you have the latest Identity Manager component install.
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/7zbgTemIhA3ltRs4eACL0g.html
 

Corrupted License Manager 

•    How to uninstall Autodesk Licensing.
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-uninstall-Autodesk-Desktop-Licensing-Service.html

1.    Download the latest licensing Service
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/f5IhBc15i0kOwzBb8lcEN.html
2.    Open Windows Explorer.
3.    Go to Go to the folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AdskLicensing.
4.    Run uninstall.exeas administrator.
5.    This should remove everything from the current folder.
6.    Then install the newly downloaded licensing Service from step one.

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