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| Post #1 Nov 8 2006, 14:50 | |
You are my freedom! Jesus You're the reason!  Group: Registered Posts: 4,893 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Singapore Member No.: 33,791 
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Does anyone knows where does FNPLicensingService.exe comes from?
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| Post #2 Nov 8 2006, 17:56 | |
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Resident Fanatic  Group: Registered Posts: 513 Joined: 1-March 06 Member No.: 158,337
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only (software based) reference to FNP I can find is FLEXnet Publisher from Macrovision, which apparently contains a Licensing Module.
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| Post #3 Nov 9 2006, 01:26 | |
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You are my freedom! Jesus You're the reason! Group: Registered Posts: 4,893 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Singapore Member No.: 33,791
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how the heck it got into my computer running .. ermm any idea which i should uninstall ?
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| Post #4 Nov 9 2006, 02:17 | |
Resident Elite  Group: Registered Posts: 1,037 Joined: 13-December 04 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 85,697
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This license could be used for a number of pieces of software. It's usually there for higher-end industry based software. For example, all Autodesk software, Matlab, and OrCAD use this to maintain a legit license on the machine (in place of a dongle or something). What software do you have?
EDIT: I forgot to mention that although this service is set to 'automatic' by default it's usually alright to switch it to 'manual'. The software that it's licensing will turn it on only if it's needed. |
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| Post #5 Nov 9 2006, 09:40 | |
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You are my freedom! Jesus You're the reason! Group: Registered Posts: 4,893 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Singapore Member No.: 33,791
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argh .. maybe because i install Adobe Acrobat 8 ...
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| Post #6 Nov 10 2006, 04:17 | |
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Neowinian  Group: Registered Posts: 4 Joined: 22-May 03 Member No.: 28,708
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Quote - (bryan09 @ Nov 9 2006, 09:40) [snapback]588029913[/snapback] argh .. maybe because i install Adobe Acrobat 8 ... Yes, the same as I. |
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| Post #7 Nov 15 2006, 18:58 | |
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Neowinian Group: Registered Posts: 4 Joined: 14-February 05 Member No.: 96,368
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Yeah if you have installed Acrobat 8 you will get this program popping up. It is used for the update feature. One way to quell it is stop the service FLEXnet Licensing Service and set it to disabled, this will prevent it from running which should not be a problem.
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| Post #8 Nov 15 2006, 19:02 | |
Urbanist & Techie  Group: Registered Posts: 6,129 Joined: 4-November 03 From: Toronto, Canada Member No.: 39,591
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Yup, its Adobe Acrobat 8
 Sounds fishy to me, privacy issues? hmm...I would disable it if I were you. I hate companies who add services that aren't needed. |
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| Post #9 Nov 17 2006, 07:21 | |
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Neowinian Group: Registered Posts: 2 Joined: 16-December 01 Member No.: 6,787
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is there a definite way to disable this service permanently?
i've tried numerous methods including from services.msc, renaming folder, renaming exe, deleting it, etc. etc.. The installshield keep recovering the files from the local cache. If i remove the local cache files, it will definitely ask for it anyway ... 
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| Post #10 Nov 17 2006, 13:57 | |
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Neowinian Group: Registered Posts: 4 Joined: 14-February 05 Member No.: 96,368
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I see what keeps putting it back in play. The Acrobat Assistant seems to be the problem. Here is how I stopped it from showing up anymore.
First kill Acrobat Assistant from your HKLM / Run registry entry. Then stop and disable the FLEXnet Licensing Service. Or, I've included a reg file that will remove the Acrobat Assistant autorun entry and disable the FLEXnet Licensing Service in case you aren't registry or services savvy. Run that file and kill the FNPLicensingService.exe from Windows Task Manager and you shouldn't see it anymore.
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| Post #11 Nov 17 2006, 17:07 | |
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NeowinianČ  Group: Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 135 Joined: 6-September 05 Member No.: 127,083
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Quote - (MikesLogic @ Nov 17 2006, 14:57) [snapback]588056802[/snapback] I see what keeps putting it back in play. The Acrobat Assistant seems to be the problem. Here is how I stopped it from showing up anymore. First kill Acrobat Assistant from your HKLM / Run registry entry. Then stop and disable the FLEXnet Licensing Service. Or, I've included a reg file that will remove the Acrobat Assistant autorun entry and disable the FLEXnet Licensing Service in case you aren't registry or services savvy. Run that file and kill the FNPLicensingService.exe from Windows Task Manager and you shouldn't see it anymore. so is this the only way, can't you completely uninstall it or does acrobat reinstall it after every use? I feel a bit hesitant having a program from macrovision on my hd |
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| Post #12 Nov 17 2006, 17:41 | |
Neowinian  Group: Registered Posts: 468 Joined: 14-March 02 Member No.: 10,737
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The only draw back to turning off flex licensing on my end is that photoshop runs very sluggish, have not tested Acrobat 8 to see its reaction.
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| Post #13 Nov 17 2006, 19:05 | |
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Neowinian Group: Registered Posts: 4 Joined: 14-February 05 Member No.: 96,368
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Running the Distiller launches the Acrobat Assistant(acrotray.exe) which resets fnplicensing thing and reinstalls macrovision crap. Also it seems to randomly reinstall itself I haven't found a fully working work around yet, if I do I will post it here.
You can delete the Macrovision folder in Program File\Common Files\ after deleting the autorun setting and disabling FLEXnet service. I do not use Adobe Photoshop but I imagine it does some of the same things this new Acrobat does, so it is slowing down from reinstalling or restarting the FLEXnet service even though you have it set to disabled. This post has been edited by MikesLogic: Nov 17 2006, 19:30 |
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| Post #14 Nov 27 2006, 12:11 | |
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Neowinian Wise One Group: Registered Posts: 5,559 Joined: 17-October 03 Member No.: 38,039
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 This is an English language forum.Why aren't you guys using Foxit Reader instead? |
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| Post #15 Dec 5 2006, 17:31 | |
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Neowinian Group: Registered Posts: 2 Joined: 5-December 06 Member No.: 189,885
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i have the same problem, FNPLicensingServer, after i installed adobe acrobat pro 8.
my solution is: 1. kill the process "FNPLicensingService.exe" from the Task Manager 2. go to \Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\ and delete the 2 files "FNPLicensingService.exe" and "fnp_registrations.xml" and instead create 2 folders with the same name/extension. when you start acrobat now it wont be able to create those 2 files which you have deleted and replaced with the folders, so FNP service wont be able to start. i hope this helps for everyone. 
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