How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
morriganrant:
I had copied and pasted the same instructions on my LJ, it became malformed there too. The link apparently does not like to be copied and pasted with the surrounding text but seems fine if you copy the individual link and paste it on it's own.
Sugar:
I am very interested in stopping the madness when it comes to SecuROM. I would very much like to give this method a try:
Quote from: JCSpencer on 2007 October 13, 20:41:25
EDIT #2: I just found this online. Sounds a little too easy, but it also makes sense logically. Posting it here to see what any of you might think.
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The easiest way to remove it without using additional software, is to go and delete it from the \windows\system32\ folder (I think the filename is UAService7.exe).
Then make a text file with the same name, in the same directory, and then right click the file, and make it "Hidden" and "Read Only". Then go into Control Panel/Admin/Services and disable/stop the SecuROM service. It will never load OR install ever again, and you are forever ridden of SecuROM but can still play all SecuROM games.
My problem is that since I only have one user account on my computer, and it has administrative privileges, I don't have an executable file -- I have the cmdlineext.dll file instead. Does anyone know if there is a way that I can still make this "turn off" method work?
jmtmom:
How can I be sure it's gone? I think I got it all, but I would love to have a complete list of everything to search for to be sure. I've already checked for "uaservice7" and "SecuRom" followed Li'l Brudder's steps... Being entirely un-awesome and having mucked about in my registry with no smoke spewing out of my machine, I'm wondering if I missed something. I still have a folder in my registry:
It did have a SecuRom folder under Software which I deleted. It also looks differently (with all the essential folders under it) than others I've seen . It's possible that i f***ed it up and did something more un-awesome than usual.
If in fact it is gone, my Norton still fails. I have some more complicated steps to follow from Norton Tech help. We'll see if that works.
lordrichter:
Quote from: Sugar on 2007 October 18, 19:49:35
I am very interested in stopping the madness when it comes to SecuROM.
My problem is that since I only have one user account on my computer, and it has administrative privileges, I don't have an executable file -- I have the cmdlineext.dll file instead. Does anyone know if there is a way that I can still make this "turn off" method work?
As near as I can tell, the file cmdlineext.dll is not needed if you are running as Administrator. It is a registered DLL, so you can't just delete the file and hope it goes away (Windows keeps a copy around for just such an occasion).
You have to open a Command Prompt, change directory (cd) to the Windows\System32 directory, then run this command: regsvr32 /u cmdlineext.dll
Once you do that, it can be deleted.
morriganrant:
Quote from: lordrichter on 2007 October 18, 22:09:58
You have to open a Command Prompt, change directory (cd) to the Windows\System32 directory, then run this command: regsvr32 /u cmdlineext.dll
Once you do that, it can be deleted.
Yes, but would that allow her to keep SecuRom on her system in a dormant state? She wants to leave secuRom on her system but shut it off completely, that way she can play games as per-usual even if they have SecuRom and not bother with the no-cd key method.
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