SAP BusinessObjects Licensing - Interpretation

I am just giving a example of understanding the SAP BusinessObejcts licensing.
Product : BA&T SAP Business BI Suite [user]
License Metric : User
Blocks : 1
Quantity : 2
Product : BA&T SAP Business BI Suite [CS] - We understand CS = Concurrent Session license
License Metric : Concurrent Session
Blocks : 10
Quantity : 1
What should we interpret from the above BOM, 5 Users & 10 Concurrent Sessions ??
Rgds
PR

Hello PR,
The BI Suite is licensed three ways; either CS concurrent sessions, Users (named users) or a combination of both.
Think of it as a parking lot analogy; A parking lot of 30 spaces for cars, where 25 (concurrent session block) cars (sessions) can access the parking lot (BI Suite) on a random basis and 5 (named users) can access the parking lot (BI Suite) on a reserved parking basis ...
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"CRVS2010 Beta - BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder.dll, cannot be lo

Creating an instance of "Report Document" writes an error in Event viewer.
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CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument reportDocument = new CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument() generates error in Event Viewer as:
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See my comments on the thread linked below. I've been getting mixed messages as far as whether the KeycodeDecoder assembly is actually used or not in CR4VS2010 but from my own analysis, the ReportDocument class does make references to types defined in that assembly. Whether these error log entries indicate something harmful or not I'm not sure but it does seem to represent the failure of proper licensing.
Re: BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder.dll could not be loaded

'BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder' failed to load....

How difficult can it be to get a new installation of VS2010 & CR FOR VS2010 configured where it works?????
I have done the following:
1) Installed VS 2010 Professional on a CLEAN & NEW copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
2) Installed CR for VS2010, 32 & 64-bit runtimes. Tried and tried. No dice.
3) UNINSTALLED EVERY REFERENCE TO CRYSTAL REPORTS FOUND!!
4) Rebooted the computer.
5) Found CR for VS2010 SUPPORT PACK 2. Downloaded it, both runtimes.
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This is the same bogus message I've gotten from the start. When I look for BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder.dll (I'm assuming that's the file I should be looking for?) it is nowhere to be found on my computer.
The assembly with display name 'BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder' failed to load in the 'Load' binding context of the AppDomain with ID 1. The cause of the failure was: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder, Version=13.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
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Any words of wisdom?

Here are few links to the articles and threads where simillar issues are discussed,
See if they help you in case if we are missing the obvious.
[CR4VS2010 - BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder.dll, cannot be loaded|CR4VS2010 - BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder.dll, cannot be loaded]
[1535792 - Error: "The keycode assembly, BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder.dll, cannot be loaded"|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_bi/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes%7B6163636573733d36393736354636443646363436353344333933393338323636393736354637333631373036453646373436353733354636453735364436323635373233443330333033303331333533333335333733393332%7D.do]
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[Warning: CA0060 BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder|Warning: CA0060 BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder]
[CRVS2010 - Exception BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder not found|CRVS2010 - Exception BusinessObjects.Licensing.KeycodeDecoder not found]
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