Still trying to solve hangs due to license server

[Boaz Bezborodko]

I wrote a short while ago about a problem I have that seems to be 
related to the license server.  Something happens at some point that the 
anyone trying to start FP will get a blank screen and then everyone 
afterwards will get the same thing.  To resolve this I have to shut down 
the server and wait until all ports accessing the license server's port 
shut down as well before I can restart it.

I am currently running Windows FP off a Samba server and the license 
manager is also running on the server.  Before I stop the license server 
I see a lot of incoming connections to the port that have status of 
SYN_RECV and CLOSE_WAIT.  When I shut down the server everything closes 
except for one connection that says FIN_WAIT1.  Even if I close all FP 
windows on that machine it remains until it times-out (I guess).  Until 
that connection shuts down I can't restart the license manager since it 
sees that port as being in use.

Any ideas why this might be occurring or how I can force the connection 
closed without having to wait?

Thanks in advance.

Boaz