Are you using Windows XP?
If you are using Windows XP, most probably you are still using SecureAPlus version 3.4.0. There was a bug in version 3.4.0 which result to the problem in getting machine id, and the other thing is that the auto update function in version 3.4.0 does not work in Windows XP. If you are still using version 3.4.0, please manually upgrade to version 3.4.1.
If you have been using v3.4.1 but having this issue please send us the log files. You can just zip and send the compressed log folder to secureaplus@secureage.com.
For Windows Vista onwards, the location is:
C:\ProgramData\SecureAge Technology\SecureAge\log
For Windows XP, here is the location:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SecureAge Technology\SecureAge\log