Turns out in my case it *was* an elicense problem. I finally bit the bullet and called the long-distance customer service number on their website (no one ever answers the toll-free number listeed on the OOTP site, and they never call you back). They had me cntrl-shifting this, that and the other and finally got the whole elicense mess sorted out and installed properly and I am up and running. I'm looking forward to getting started between watching real opening day games today. I still strongly dislike the elicense business model a great deal. My hope is that it enables Markus and company to continue to grow the game and become so huge that at some point soon we'll be able to just go buy a CD-ROM copy in our favorite local retailer of choice.
--Chris M.