How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
morriganrant:
Quote from: Sugar on 2007 October 23, 18:53:56
BTW, does anyone know of any anti-virus/spyware programs that will run all the way through with SecuROM on the computer? I currently have Defender Pro, AVG, Ad-Aware and SUPERAnti-Spyware. Some of them will run when you do the quick scan, but none of them want to complete a full scan -- even in safe mode. I'd prefer it if I can get some free software since my computer fund is all tapped out with all the problems I've been having. Thanks again!
Windows Defender worked for me. Ad-Aware did as well. Hard to say really, as a good deal of the problems cropped up because of the vast differences in software on peoples computers. One persons Norton had been working fine but the next person couldn't run their Norton, their mp3 player, or their burn software. It all seemed kind of dependent on what the total objectionable software had been. Bit odd.
jolrei:
Quote from: morriganrant on 2007 October 23, 19:00:38
Windows Defender worked for me. Ad-Aware did as well. Hard to say really, as a good deal of the problems cropped up because of the vast differences in software on peoples computers. One persons Norton had been working fine but the next person couldn't run their Norton, their mp3 player, or their burn software. It all seemed kind of dependent on what the total objectionable software had been. Bit odd.
The whole thing is more than odd, edging into irritating. I can run Norton and Ad-Aware just fine. I have no load/lag problems, and my game has never crashed. I know others here who have (on paper) better specs than my rig, who have endless problems, possibly due to screw-u-ROM interaction issues with some other bits of software, drivers, etc., and/or basic game incompatibility with drivers, video cards, etc. that EA never told us about and still does not acknowledge (although to be fair, they probably don't know - they should, but they don't). This leads to inconsistent experiences.
bowrain:
Quote from: Sugar on 2007 October 23, 18:53:56
BTW, does anyone know of any anti-virus/spyware programs that will run all the way through with SecuROM on the computer? I currently have Defender Pro, AVG, Ad-Aware and SUPERAnti-Spyware. Some of them will run when you do the quick scan, but none of them want to complete a full scan -- even in safe mode. I'd prefer it if I can get some free software since my computer fund is all tapped out with all the problems I've been having. Thanks again!
NOD32 works fine with SecuROM installed. At least on my experience it does, and it's my personal favorite :D
virgol:
After reading the whole 10 pages of this post 3 times over (I like clarification!) I followed the instructions and have removed SecuRom from my laptop. Have now got a no cd crack and BV runs fine. However, when I rebooted after removing SecuRom windows acted like it was running for the first time, desktop was reset, windows walkthru video wanted to run etc. As if that wasnt irritating enough when I connected to the internet IE had also been reset and needed initial setup! my homepage was back to msn etc. As IE was the first thing I noticed any strange behavior in while SecuRom was present I am sure that it has been affected by it in some way but have not seen anyone mention it here so am I wrong? My laptop is definately running faster again now. Also my keyboard is now confused, @ and " have changed places which is a total pain when typing my email address...is there any way to put this right?
Thank you for covering this subject, I knew something was on my machine that shouldnt be there as it was not behaving quite right and running slowly, but had not even heard of SecuRom before. I am a sims2 addict but will never buy another expansion if SecuRom is used.
angelyne:
Sounds like you might have deleted something by mistake in the registry. You appear to have lost your settings. Like you said no big deal. Your keyboard was reset to the wrong language or to a default language of some description. Go to the control panel and locate the Regional and options applet. Select the middle tab: Languages and click on details. If the default input language is not the one you expected, change it. Make sure that the keyboard you want is listed on top in the installed services list. That's the one the system will use by default. Remove the ones you'll never use, if there are any more.
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