Gentlemen,
This game install has become complicated enough to mess arround with. There is no simple answer either.
Stick with the original setup as it was intended and change only when you know how and what that is doing!
3 things come to mind in this situation:
- update the game to 1.5.5, build 1100
- run the game as administrator
- profile-playersname for Missions or Multiplay
Now that Bill changed his profilename completely, there could be a complete new/different situation for him.
When you first install the game, you'll enter the serialnumbers during the installation; there will be a check online as to registration with your profile, whenever it is needed. Playing missions and MP are examples of that checkmoment.
I have changed/installed the game to new systems several times, when the old one crashed and could not be revived.
I've never had to change my profile at VSTEP ! / NOT with any of the versions 2006, 2008 or SSE.
But the game needed my profile-playersname to recognise my previous results and rewards of missions played before. Those are registred in VSTEP's database. That is in the communication when you are playing missions or trying to download missions again. That must be in accordance with your profile I think ! That is why it is important.
After the maintenance of last week, I checked the Missions-server and I downloaded a mission as I did before, so NO PROBLEM there.
Hope you find any solution in my responce. I tried to give you my best thoughts regarding this matter.
Good luck / kind regards,
Erik / "Redfox" in MP