why is my sw 2009 looking for a license?

I did purchase sw2009 from an individual and installed it. However, it cannot find license file.  I do not have a server so would it not look and install that license on my hard drive? Is the license the characters that you add during the beginning of the installation? "could not obtain a license for SolidWorks Standard." "Cannot find license file." "(-1,359,2)

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