Since it can't, AutoCAD says the license server isn't running, and it aborts. The help menu says that a first time launch may connect to the Internet. The second time it just moved on because it already had the serial number.īoth times, after putting in the information, the screen comes back trying to connect to the Internet and then fails and says it can't reach the Internet. The first time it did this I stepped through all of the steps to get our activation code and tried to run it. When I launch AutoCAD I'm prompted to activate it with a serial number or network license. When I reinstalled it recognized that I had an activation key from before and because it was valid, it used it. I (actually our purchasing office) sent the serial # and product key off to Autodesk and received the 56 character activation code back, and AutoCAD accepted it just fine.īecause of the problems, I uninstalled and reinstalled, however, that's not the problem. The activation and codes worked flawlessly. The server is in a lab and does not have an Internet connection. This is a fresh install, not a migration, no users on the system. I'm installing AutoCAD LT 2017 onto a Windows 2008 R2 server for a customer.