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"Please connect to the internet" (101)

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October 30, 2025
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When I open After Effects, I get this message:
“Please connect to the internet as soon as possible so the license can be activated (101). The license must be activated online within 2 days or it will become invalid.”

This has been happening since yesterday. I’ve already reinstalled the app, signed out and back into my Adobe account, but the message keeps appearing no matter what. I’m really worried because I have important projects to work on in the next few days, and it would be a huge problem if After Effects suddenly stopped working even though my license is valid.

I’ve followed all the troubleshooting steps mentioned in another thread, but nothing seems to fix it. I’m getting desperate. Thanks in advance.

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Roydehaan

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That worked for me as well. After doing a fresh, clean install of After Effects, I reinstalled all my plugins. Interestingly, as soon as I installed and opened GifGun 2, the error appeared again. So I’m pretty sure GifGun 2 is the issue here.

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SIRO

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Yes! Same to me - method worked - thanks a lot guys!!!! BUT activating the scripts allowing network (i use flow plugin) the message coming instantly back

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butterballs7

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i think that enabling the "allow scripts to access network" setting is causing this, since i tried @varick Rosete 's method and it worked but the popup showed right after i enabled the forementioned setting.

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User7457

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@varick Rosete, sua dica funcionou (até o momento o AE está funcionando perfeitamente), obrigado por compartilhá-la.

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emmgervais

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I was down to 1 day and I just tried resetting the Prefs in Settings/Start Up & Repair and that seemed to work. Sucks having all my settings gone though. No time like now to clean house, I guess.

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varick Rosete

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It's so silly. None of my findings on the internet ever mention to do this...

Open After Effects
Go to Preferences
Select "Startup & Repair"
Click "Reset All Preferences to Defaults"

That just did it for me.

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User7457

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Para conhecimento, segue nota do "aescripts" dizendo, em síntese, que a transição para o novo site tem causado "grandes transtornos, principalmente em relação a licenças e downloads" etc.:

https://aescripts.com/learn/post/service-status-update-an-update-on-licensing-and-downloads?srsltid=AfmBOoqYz4yVXPQDgKUic_CuRuFlsczcvbxtxLj0Lie9xliY5Qjc_rbJ

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User7457

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Como relatei anteriormente, havia atualizado o "aescripts + aeplugins" para a última versão e havia solucionado, mas no dia seguinte voltou o mesmo problema. Creio que tenha ligação com instabilidade nos servidores do mencionado app. Aguardando a Abobe se manifestar a respeito...

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SIRO

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Also have seen this - also tried the command with / and was not working ... 2 days remaing

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Roman2944220776tp

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This method isn’t working, or I’m doing something wrong—the message is still there and I’m really worried about my projects 😞 M1 Pro, Sonoma 14.6.1

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