I finally had to resolve this by closing Rhino and restarting the computer… Fortunately it went back to normal (phew, I have a deadline tomorrow), no idea what actually caused it though.
@Helvetosaur
This is an intermittent problem with Windows.
Rhino is asking the default Internet browser to go to the license site. and Windows has gone deaf.
The “fix” is to reboot the computer.
You might be able to clear the browser cache and avoid a restart, but I’ve not run into the problem myself. @aj1 is trying to design a work-around for this Windows failing.
It’s an occasional problem. You may never see it again. We don’t know under what circumstances Windows ignores the request. AJ says it’s a Windows “semaphore” thing.
That’s interesting. I wonder what is different or special about your setup so that it happens more often.
Do you have lots of Rhino sessions running concurrently?
Maybe lots of browser windows open?
Know that it’s browser related, have you tried anything?
First of all: Bootcamp on a MBP.
I often need more than 1 session, but never goes more than 3 at the time.
One browser - Chrome with multiple tabs open.
That all sounds fine.
Bootcamp is a bit of a technical mess, but it’s generally manageable.
Chrome is our primary browser at McNeel.
How often do you reboot Windows?
Is Windows up to date?
I update Rhino on a weekly basis and reboot system daily, at least once.
I don’t make a big fuzz out of it because I know how to handle the problem, therefore i don’t record events.
Next time it happens I will let you know.
That sounds fine too.
Since we think the problem is browser related, try making some change in how you operate, like reducing (or increasing) the number or tabs you have open in the browser. Does the problem get better or worse?
Maybe temporarily switch to a different default browser like Edge (yuck. It’s a test okay?), just to see what happens.
FireFox with NoScript and other blockers here on both Windows and MacOS. Links want to open in the default container, but I have separate containers for separate users, so need to juggle a bit with reopening authentication link into proper container. Still temporarily allow loading of pages from localhost. Other than that it has worked.
