bloom wrote:

Paul i am sorry for your doubt about the change of Glidos ID after installation of windows xp service pack 1.

It is strange that it should have an effect, but Windows does do some strange things. 😀

I use this a bit strange o.s. (according to me)only for TR1 game and for this message:) Anyway the old GlidosID after the third […]
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I use this a bit strange o.s. (according to me)only for TR1 game and for this message:)
Anyway the old GlidosID after the third boot returned on clipboard .
Thanks very much for your kindness.
Ciao
Piero

Glad the problem is sorted.

The service pack changes numerous things including the way activation works and triggering activation on any XP install when it senses activation was bypassed.

Ran "windows update" just a few nights ago and it wanted me to download XP/explorer6 SP1 for my 98SE/explorer 5.5 operating system. We'll I think it was only a few files from it according to the download size shown, but I didn't do it. Seemed kind of odd to me.

Hentzau wrote:

Ran "windows update" just a few nights ago and it wanted me to download XP/explorer6 SP1 for my 98SE/explorer 5.5 operating system.

Well the SP1 for 98SE is very different thing. Basically this is an IE update. Personally, I'd pass on it. IE6 doesn't have a whole lot of new things and it uses more resources. The general consensus is that it has security issues that IE 5.5 does not. That may have changed by now...

The thing of it was that it was telling me that it was a "critical update". Like they were going to force me onto explorer 6.0, kind of confused me. I've kept up to date pretty much monthly the whole time i've had the computer. I'll try it again soon and see if it gives me the same results.