Sounds like a caching problem such that the network is not writing out the changes until the app is restarted or the network client is not re-reading the file because it thinks it has a current version (I am just guessing here). If you do the change via the app (or the licensing software) and then immediately go to the network and view the changes with an editor (I am assuming that this is a text file), do you see the changes made right away or are you looking at old values? I am not a "caching" guru but just some thoughts.

Alber

>The KEY file is a separate file that has the '.KEY' extension.
>It is an ASCII text file that is created by the licensing
>software. The app reads the KEY file for specific flags and
>stores the values into memory variables. Any tampering with
>the KEY file themselves can will invalidate it and the client
>can loose their license to use the app.
>
>It looks some thing like this:
>
>; Tranquility Base Validation Key
>;
>; ***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***WARNING***
>; Tampering with this key will result in program malfunction.
>; Keys that have been tampered with in any way WILL NOT
>; be replaced. You have been warned!
>;
>;Company
>#gcCompName
>%My Computer Company, Inc.
>3312678593345932711924424884781748111242532814997363907293985378884275
>0593987314174811234517481154861748191137174818133917481395981748113596
>8748195669174816869117481216921748184741174814654617481237841748138136
>1548125373174814438217481872491748185658174815443117481524450948155195
>17045678981748189939
>