SINS wont play with entrenchment installed

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Had to recover my laptop recently. Reinstalled SINS and entrenchment through Impulse.  And now I cannot get on.  It says the following:

The product appears to be validated but the machine SID doesn't match. Try deleting the file C and re-activating. 

What the heck does that mean?   Please help, this game is to fun not to play :3

 

ivve tried reinstalling and such and am at a total loss.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

The message must be broken; the file you need to remove to reactivate is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\License\entrenchment.bin (on XP, For Vista it should be under C:\Users\ AFAIK). This is only an issue if you reinstall your OS while keeping the same install of the game.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Heres one for you: I hav both the original Sins and Entrenchment. I also recently restored my computer, and decided to only reinstall Sins before installing Entrenchment. However, it kept giving me a "Sins of a Solar Empire has encountered a problem and needs to close". I reinstalled it again, and the same thing happened. Not until I installed Entrenchment would it work. Answer me that riddle.

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