No problem robo, I understand what you say about the cracks.
It appears all EA have done is just wrap those EXE's that had Safedisc originally in the latest Safedisc version and maybe remove some CD checks too. A mini or full image would also be a good way of testing in case someone does get problems. You could then just mount the mini/full image, replace the cracks with the original files and test to see if you get the same problems as with the cracks, then you would know if it's a crack problem.
kosmig highlighted an important fact about so called XP comaptibility, way to go EA
