How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
spambi:
I found a no-DVD crack for Free Time 1.13 on GameBurnWorld this morning. http://www.gameburnworld.com/gp/gamefixes/sims2freetime.shtml
Is 1.13 the version number of Free Time with the latest patch? Are the no-DVD and no-CD cracks interchangeable?
Kazzandra:
^ Yes. This is for the latest patch, and by that I mean, not patch number two. Er-- anyway, for your questions-- yes and yes.
Gelina:
I didn't see this posted anywhere in this thread (and yes, I did read it all before replying), so I'm going to ask.
I'm running Windows x64 and attempted to follow the removal instructions. For most of the steps I could not find the files indicated. I'm not sure if this means that SecuRom was not running on my computer or if I missed something. Below are the steps I followed and the result:
1. Download regdelnull.exe and use it to delete regdelnull hkcu -s and regdelnull hku -s. These scans did not find any files to delete.
2. Type "uaservice7 /remove" in "c:\windows\system32". This was not found. I also actually scanned my entire computer for that service and did not find it anywhere.
3. Type "regsvr32 /u cmdlineext.dll" in "c:\windows\system32". This one I had to adjust a little bit. I did the exact same thing, but with file CmdLineExt_x64.dll in C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64 instead (after verifying that the file was a SecuRom file).
4. Reboot and then manually delete the files "uaservice7.exe" and "cmdlineext.dll" from "c:\windows\system32". Again, I couldn't find the uaservice7.exe, and I had to delete the CmdLineExt_x64.dll instead.
5. Removal of Securom files under "C:\Documents and Settings" I couldn't find these files anywhere on my computer.
6. Check your registry files. Still see any keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER---Software---Securom? Just delete the suckers. Did this.
7. You need to start loading from a no-CD crack. Did this.
In general, my game seems to be more stable (less crashes and actually launches when I tell it to), but I don't know if I actually had a problem with SecuRom to begin with. It doesn't appear that the service was running on my PC. Maybe the No-CD.exe fixed some other problem I had instead. Any thoughts?
jolrei:
Quote from: Gelina on 2008 July 07, 02:56:07
In general, my game seems to be more stable (less crashes and actually launches when I tell it to), but I don't know if I actually had a problem with SecuRom to begin with. It doesn't appear that the service was running on my PC. Maybe the No-CD.exe fixed some other problem I had instead. Any thoughts?
If you loaded the game on an administrator account it is possible that the SecuROM entries in registry were not there, especially if you did not run the game while online. In any case, if you searched and destroyed, as you described, you should be fine. Kill what's there - if it isn't there, rejoice.
catpaw:
I bought BV when it first came out, and had to remove it because of SecuROM - first my game stopped working when I tried to load it - "insert the original game disk" blah blah - then it started screwing with other games on my computer, and I had to reinstall another game after removing BV and SecuROM. I'm thinking about putting BV back on my computer and getting Freetime, but I don't want SecuROM fucking up my game. However, I'm apprehensive about downloading a no-CD crack. Not only is it completely illegal (even though I already paid for a legitimate copy), but I'm nervous about getting viruses and crap on my computer from downloading a crack. Can I install BV or FT from the CD, and remove SecuROM without having to uninstall the games? Or will this make my computer blow up? (Despite all the warnings about deleting SecuROM at the Tom's Hardware Forums link, I deleted SecuROM after removing BV and didn't have any problems; except I removed SecuROM after uninstalling BV, and didn't try to play BV without SecuROM).
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