System freezes when trying to open the game - is BV the cause?
snapdragon:
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 January 18, 02:04:09
Sounds to me almost like the tech service people put some sort of malware on your system. What sort of service did you need and what did they allegedly fix/do?
If your computer is generally behaving oddly, you might want to do a data backup, reformat and reload. That would take care of any malware issues at least and you would be sure of what was on the system.
I asked them to come to the house because we had a couple of computer issues I couldn't handle and also because our laptops had been networked yet we weren't able to print to the desktop pc. The guy came and spent about 2 hours trying to figure out why we couldn't print, and since they were charging me $100 an hour, after 2 hours I told him to stop. The company agreed to have someone access the computers remotely to see if they could find the problem. They installed something that allowed them to access the computers. The problem turned out to be a setting in Windows Live Onecare or whatever it's called, that did not allow the laptops to print to the desktop. Probably something I should have been able to figure out but it never occurred to me that it could be a setting of some kind. So after that, I could no longer get automatic updates because I was not the administrator (even though I am), and the other thing I described, about uploading content from tivo to the computer - I can do it if I turn off the firewall, though. I wrote to the company and spoke to a couple of people about what happened, but they never followed up. Back then I didn't realize the effect this was going to have. I guess I'm going to have to re-install the OS in them if I want to get back to normal
BTW, it was securom that caused the problem with the game. I went to the BBS and saw that they have a tool to remove it from your game. I downloaded the tool and removed securom, and then my game opened on the first attempt.
morriganrant:
yes, except for the fact that unless you are using a no-cd key, even if the removal tool removed it, starting the game installed it again.
jolrei:
It certainly does not sound like a viable long term situation (I know I wouldn't be able to stand it), not being able to properly exercise administrator rights. I would suggest this is untenable.
snapdragon:
Quote from: morriganrant on 2008 January 18, 22:28:25
yes, except for the fact that unless you are using a no-cd key, even if the removal tool removed it, starting the game installed it again.
Since removing securom I have opened the game twice so far and no problem. I thought it was only if you re-installed the game that you got securom again.
snapdragon:
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 January 18, 22:39:20
It certainly does not sound like a viable long term situation (I know I wouldn't be able to stand it), not being able to properly exercise administrator rights. I would suggest this is untenable.
I agree, and although I still do not fully understand what I can do with administrator rights, running into this third and worst problem is enough to make me do something about it.
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