How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
DJKID:
Quote from: lemonfresh on 2007 October 17, 19:05:21
As I recall, there was a prior issue with nVidia cards causing blue-screen and it was fixed eventually. It has since returned. I have no business giving advise on this subject because I'm running ATI. IIRC, there's a thread about this somewhere. Pescado has said before though, the solution might not always be to "upgrade" your drivers, you might try rolling back to one you know works.
Yes, I've heard that advice too. However, I found a more recent post that suggested upgrading, so I thought I'd try that before I started rolling back.
And yes, there has always been a nVidia issue. I've used nVidia since the beginning so I dealt with the BSOD until they finally fixed the issue... THEN REBROKE IT. UGH.
angelyne:
Quote from: jmtmom on 2007 October 17, 18:41:22
I'm not surprised that SecuRom gets blamed for everything. The whole sneaky way EA put it in our systems, the fact that you need a LOT of knowledge or balls ovaries to get it off your system, the whole "I am not a rootkit, I just look like one" business. If SecuRom were a person, it would be the fat, uninvited uncle that stays in your house for weeks. Of course when you find the silver missing and the toilet seat broken, he's the one you suspect. :P
Oh you mean a fat obstreperous jerk ? :D
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It's ok to install from the disk. Do not run the game after you install. Before you run the game you must replace the game exe with the no-cd game exe. Make sure you change your desktop shortcut for the Sims so that it points to the Sims2Ep6.exe and not the Launcher.exe (or whatever it's called).
I'm weird. I actually like the launcher. It happens too often that I click on the sims and go...Damn, forgot to transfer something to my download folder <smack head>. Then I have to kill the program or wait till it finishes loading. The launcher is easier.
Leticron:
Just in case:
The Link to Mark Russinovich's Tool RegDelNull in the first post is shorted and thus broken (you can't just copy and paste such abbreviated links and expect them to work ;)
Mind the [...]
The complete Link is http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/RegDelNull.mspx
Now it works on Firefox and Opera as well.
-le
sluggo:
Quote from: Leticron on 2007 October 18, 18:11:52
Just in case:
The Link to Mark Russinovich's Tool RegDelNull in the first post is shorted and thus broken (you can't just copy and paste such abbreviated links and expect them to work ;)
Mind the [...]
The complete Link is http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/RegDelNull.mspx
Now it works on Firefox and Opera as well.
-le
Then, again, if you follow the first link:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2007 October 08, 02:14:51
Ok, kids. The instructions are in bits and pieces in the EA official admission/excuse thread, but it's getting long and understandably hard to find. These instructions have worked for several posters, myself included:
1. Follow the guidelines below ripped from http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/98241-13-remove-securom-malware-uninstalling-bioshock-demo:
not only will you get the link to RegDelNul, but the full instructions on how to remove the maulware SecuRom
Silly how that works, huh..?
Zazazu:
Meh, my point in quoting that page was so that people wouldn't have to tab back and forth. No idea how that link became malformed. Fixed now.
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