Well, apparently the staging site says I am out of installs
I’m sorry to ask again but I want to be crystal clear: it says you are out of installs in relation to Event Aggregator specifically — and you see this from within the Events → Settings → Licenses screen?
Is it at all possible for you to share a screenshot of that?
As to the HELP screen, it is blank. what do you suggest?
So, if you feel comfortable doing so, please temporarily enable WP_DEBUG – then see if you can capture any specific error messages that appear on the white or blank screens.
Let me know how you get on!