Hello,

I had to uninstall VS 2003 and install it again (same SP). Before
uninstalling, I made a backup. After reinstalling, I compared the backup
against the new installation (just to get a picture If I have
forgotten something; I had to do this with many applications, that's why I
wanted to be on the safe side)

I used windiff to compare. Now my problem: I don't understand why few files
are shown as different. Example:

.\common7\ide\compluslm.dll    different(both have identical times)

I compared the version numbers, the file size and the timestamp, but
everything's equal. Only the content is not 100% equal. I verified this
using another tool.

My question: How can two files have the same version number but different
content? Is there something written into the file that varies with each
installation?

Armin