Problem:
You are having trouble activating the IMAGINiT Utilities because the connection to the IMAGINiT licensing server is being blocked (Note: This may result in the error message "400 Bad Request").
Solution:
You will need to whitelist the following URL: swservice.rand.com for both port 443 (https) and port 80 (http).
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