I tried messing with this myself, with the same results as everyone else. It would be nice if ED could implement SF "on-demand". I have other pieces of software that will not work with SF installed. The forum for Port Royale 2 has directions to remove SF; otherwise it will not work, as an example. I've had problem such as SHIII not detecting my DVD. Uninstalling SF means I have to email SF tech support in order to reactivate SHIII every time. I personally think SF is a bit draconian, as I seem to have problems with it. On a good note, they (SF) have some of the best tech support I've ever seen. As for SF offer, how can anyone prove it was their software that ruins a cd-rom? I can't prove it of course, but after installing SHIII (my first SF game) my cd-rom died (that day). My new one works fine, so who's to say… Just seems awful suspect to me.