How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
Lord Darcy:
Quote from: psikfreak on 2008 June 30, 05:29:39
Actually Darcy, I saw mention of rootkits in no-cd's in this thread. Was within the first six pages. I read every one of those posts. after that I started skimming.
I couldn't find anyone claiming the existence of rootkits in NoCDs within the first six pages. There was a discussion about whether Securom itself is rootkit or not, but we already know that Securom is TEH EVIL. That's part of the reason why we should use NoCDs in the first place.
You're not avoiding NoCDs that you were wary of by using said "Crack Machine", as you should be aware by now. Because the so-called "Crack Machine" is nothing more than auto-installer of the same NoCD that you were wary of. It is always recommended to get NoCDs via the "ARRRofficial" route, instead of some dodgy source that is not approved in the (game cracking) Scene.
Quote from: psikfreak on 2008 June 30, 05:29:39
As for the 'unholy hybrid'. I did not patch BV before discovering Suck-U-Rom. I'm very laxidasical about patching my game. It runs fine without EA's 'fixes'. Mater of fact, I diden't patch anything until Petz -and then because of the bodyshop crap. At the time I figured since I was patching one might as well do all of them.
Pescado himself endorses patching, unless he declares a certain patch to be FUBAR state. So far, the only patch that was declared to be FUBAR was the first Pets patch, which is now replaced by the second one. If FOJ himself endorses it, it should be fine enough for me.
J. M. Pescado:
FTp1 has been approved and is on the site. The state of MATY FT hacks currently assume FTp1. FTp2 has no crack and therefore I have not installed it because SecuROM adds MASSIVELY to bootup times and therefore is not good for hacking work. I have no information either way about the matter, although the code changes appear to have no real impact on existing hacks, although some may be rendered obsolete (but it will not hurt you to leave them in).
morriganrant:
Gamecopyworld is a pretty reliable source for nocds, they are quick to take any down that are not what they claim to be. Gameburnworld always seemed a little dodgy to me, no idea why.
t r a c y:
Quote from: holophoner on 2007 October 08, 17:07:09
I think what's irritating me more than EA thinking SecuROM was a good idea is that it can't even install its shit right in the first place. Example: I'm on Step 3 in the Tom's Hardware instructions. I type in the command to remove user access. The file, uaservice7.exe? Not there. But sure enough, cmdlineext.dll is, and I get an error when I try to do the "regsvr32 /u cmdlineext.dll" command. I'm assuming it's not working because of uaservice7.exe magically not existing, but you know...assumptions. To add more fun to the mystery, my SecuROM folder in Application Data is empty as well.
So I ask: can I trash cmdlineext.dll safely even though the "regsvr32 /u" command doesn't seem to work, or am I utterly screwed?
this doesn't appear to have been addressed by anyone and i am i the same situation. my game runs fine with a nocd, and i have no securom registry entries, and uaservice7.exe does not exist, but cmdlineext.dll is there and regsvr32 /u command also doesn't work for me so i can't get rid of it. can i just ignore cmdlineext.dll since my game runs fine, and my cd & dvd drives run fine, or is it still a problem i need to solve? am i just failing when it comes to that command, should it work, why doesn't it work, am i retarded?
morriganrant:
Couldn't you try to run in safe mode and delete it?
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