Solution for others reference:   because the liscense file is technically on a different website, however it self checks to validate is matching these two liscenes. This makes sense. The solution is to use a temp license file on the test site.

Hello,   My company has a lisence for their website. I had the task of putting a copy of the site onto an intranet for testing purposes. However whenever I try to open a page that contains CuteEditor, it throws this:   ''A valid license cannot be granted for the type CuteEditor.Editor. Contact the manufacturer of the component ...