Basically it works like this.

- Install Impulse and launch it.

- Log in with the same account you're using for the forums (so, your e-mail and password).

- Click the Impulse orb in the top left corner of Impulse, and select "Register a product.."

- Put in your Sins serial # (and select Sins from the dropdown list if it still asks you to do that).

- When that's done, Sins will show up in the "My Games" tab.

- It should also have a yellow (!) icon over it to indicate that an update is available.

- Click the icon, and then in the lower right there will be an "Update" button. Clicky to patch the game.

- When no update is available, you won't have the (!) icon and that button in the lower right will launch the game.

I think I got everything. Hope it helps!

Thanks, I will try this. You have likely just saved me a lot of time and tears

You have been able to register the game at home, though? If you did that, see if you can go to http://anywhere.impulsedriven.com and log in with your account. It should let you download Sins as an .impulse file off the site directly, then you can install off it - it will need Impulse, but won't require an active connection.

Okay, I have another problem   I downloaded and installed Sins of a Solar Empire with the 1.16 update onto my flash drive (my computer isn't connected to the internet, my dad's is) then took it to my computer and copied it onto my computer. I tried to run it, and it tells me to register it first. So I try running it off my flash drive, where I installed it to, and I get the same thing. I think it is probably caused by the lack of an internet connection. Is there any way to get around this?