Hi,
You certainly do not need to run our installation on the production server. The most likely reasons that you can cause the page to fail has to do with permission to eo_web.ashx:
http://www.essentialobjects.com/Forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=1366If this is not the problem, please provide the Url of the production server and we will take a look.
NOTE: Do not post your license key in the forum. Per our license agreement, you are required to take reasonable precautions to prevent the license file being reused by third parties. The direct result of you posting your license key publicaly is that it will be picked up and reused by somebody else. When that happens, we revoke your license key.
Thanks