the files i had been using i thought were recent, from purchase/download a day or two ago, but i guess i only grabbed the new license file from the download and just used the file set from a previous purchase a month or two ago.  either way, i just applied the actual file set to the server and the problem went away. 

 

interestingly enough the old fileset from a month ago never demonstrated this issue. 

 

fixed now.

 

thanks

al