<t> Downloaded v101, tried to apply but message came back that SoW was not installed. Strangely S0W was on the systems App. list. I uninstalled via the Matrix utility.<br/>
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Reinstalled SoW as Admin. Worked. Tried to apply v101 but message was that I had a higher version already installed ...

<t> Thanks VP safe mode allowed the install, but:<br/>
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Trying to play, the mouse has a time lag before appearing on the windowed 'window' plus <br/>
Trying to update, I get 'Unable to determine the installed version' and 'Could not get specified value's data'.<br/>
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If I try to play ...

System info attached:

Have cancelled current install, renamed the previous folder and have started install again.......

I made the installation file and the Matrix Game folder 'exceptions' regarding Windows Defender and ran the file as Administrator.

As an aside, as you are a Win10 user, how does the game perform and run?

This first install has been running for 12+ hours and is ongoing? Is this normal (I am running Win10).

<t> The point in 1939 was that both Hitler and Stalin were convinced, on their own empirical evidence (from 1938 and indeed even earlier), that the two Allies would not make a move etc., for political reasons. Any even token movement for example regarding Finland where USSR casualties were 1:2 in ...

<t> The game does not currently allow you to declare war on your 'allies'.<br/>
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BUT: when the USSR invaded eastern Poland in 1939 and then further attacked Finland (in order protect Leningrad) and negotiated the seizure of Baltic states with the Germans, they i.e. the USSR was an enemy of ...

<t> Why?<br/>
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All the above, and I agree 'cheating' can be a subtle art eg changing sides, replaying battles, changing the difficulty levels, scripts omn/off and so on.<br/>
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And sometimes - I get fed up and to get 'a kick' from beating the AI.<br/>
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But rest assured, I have ...

Any available?