How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
VioletKitty:
I guess I wasn't clear about what I was asking, which was is there a way to stop it before installing. If the only thing I can do is install and then put in the cure immediately, am I still at risk? I'm extremely gunshy about this malware because it has literally taken me 6 months to erradicate it from my machine and it seriously disabled my machine. ad
I've already downloaded the no-cd fixes for all EPs and SPs. I know I don't need them for Seasons and before, but I have them just in case. The Seasons fix was broken anyway as was the Teen Style Stuff. However, wouldn't I need to add the fix in for any SP following BV because those are now the run disks? (or at least the one that is the run disk?) I have Kitchens and Baths so that should be the run disk.
Thanks for all your help :-)
Kazzandra:
Securom infests your machine the first time you run the non-cracked .exe.
So installing BV and FT will not install Securom.
Before you start it up, go get that BV crack and back up the Securom infested .exe. Make sure you do this on an Administrator account.
By the way, I've played for years *and never uninstalled and reinstalled ANYTHING.*
I'm either lucky, asinine, or extra careful. Or all of the above.
VioletKitty:
Ah, gotcha, thanks :-)
As for the uninstall/reinstall, you're likely to actually notice an improvement if you do. The game starts slowing down but it's imperceptible because you get used to waiting a little longer for lots to load, etc. Not like to a standstill, just slower load times, etc. I'm OCD about a clean system :-D At the time that I purchased this machine it was top of the line (purchased with TS2 in mind), but it's 5 years old almost. My goal is to make it last for 2 more years. Sadly, I hate Vista, and XP will no longer be supported after 2009.
Kazzandra:
Well, I have 5 gigs of *compressed* downloads (20,000 packages), and 3,000 packages in my Saved Sims folder, and it's 15 minutes from start to lot. Now, I wonder how long it would take me to uninstall all of those stuffit packs and expansion packs... probably not worth the time.
Glad to help, anyway. Use Ubuntu.
VioletKitty:
LOL, you're prolly right about it not being worth the time.
[sigh] I just installed everything to the T...and the bak file shortcut would not start the game. I found a reg system that was supposed to help, so I added it and that didn't help. In fact after I cleaned the system, I couldn't uninstall BV so I had to restore. After all that, I unintalled what I tried to install today (BV, H&M, Teen, Ki&B). Then I had to of course put back my saved games. I wonder if I'll EVER be able to play these!
I have a good contact at EA but I don't wanna be her whining board. Ack...and I won't whine here either! I'll just figure something out...
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