How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
jolrei:
I'm worried about you, timestop. I reread my post where I said "an arrr! copy AND a no-cd crack". You can also use the bought disk and a no-cd crack, but the no-cd crack just replaces the .exe file that starts the game, and, as Amber said, is securom free. You still have to have the game, one way or the other. You gotta read all the words if you're going to manage the remove securom instructions.
morriganrant:
Quote from: Rhaevyn on 2008 July 31, 22:08:03
I have SecuROM. I am going to be getting rid of it. It's just coming down to a choice of going through the lengthy instructions here or a restore of my system and starting over. But I have a question. After reading through this entire thread, and some other information about this file, I'm curious what exactly has been happening to everyone as a result of this file - exactly, I mean, what are your personal experiences from having this file invade your computer? From what I've read it supposedly keeps games from starting, or makes them crash. Have any of you lost data or had any kind of damage? I don't want it, I think it's very wrong for them to force it on us, but I really don't even understand what it does, to be honest, I mean the bad things it can do, not what THEY want it to do.
My personal experience was a fire wall that was repeatedly turned off, virus scan and Adaware that was not allowed to update or run properly and "Emulation software detected" even though there was none installed during some of those attempts. Someone I know online had to replace her cd drive though, I trust her to be pc literate enough to believe her when she says that Securom was the culprit. No matter what they did, they could no longer get the pc to recognize the drive, the shop they brought it to seemed to believe that it was also the problem.
TimeStop:
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 August 02, 03:40:41
You gotta read all the words if you're going to manage the remove securom instructions.
I don't have SecuROM, so I'm not really worried about the removal aspect of it. I'm not even sure if I want to install any of the newer EPs, I was just curious as to how it worked. And I see that I worded things wrong - what I meant was that the No-CD does require a game because it is, as you say, just the .exe, but it doesn't require something within the legal version of the game.
No need to worry about me even if I do sound like I'll mess something up - just tell me what it is so that I can figure it out. I never mess around with anything I'm unsure of on my PC until I know everything I need to to do it.
geekgirl:
Quote from: Rhaevyn on 2008 July 31, 23:56:55
I entered a house in Sims and as I moved around the lot I noticed a circle around my cursor outside the house. It was night time and there was snow on the ground. There was a dark circle, like a shadow, around the cursor wherever I moved. The cursor was flickering.
That's normal. there's an option to disable it somewhere in the graphics options - it's called "x-ray cursor," and it is actually useful if you need to find newspapers under the snow, or things like that.
Zazazu:
I just rewrote the opening post a bit to make it more general, since EA is still using this invasive piece of crap. Below is a summary of the general questions that have been asked in the past 32 pages with answers so as to cut down on repeats.
Random Questions that have popped up since the opening post:
Can I still patch the game?
Yes. Just make sure to wait for a patched no-CD .exe to be released. This usually happens within a week of the patch. Can I play with a patched game and an old no-CD? I can't wait and I really want the patch!
Can you? Sure you can. Should you? Heck no. I ran through the instructions, but on one of the steps, there was nothing to delete? Did I screw up?
Try it once more just to make sure, but you probably are fine. Some people don't have all of the files/registry entries due to their PC's particular setup.I heard that no-CDs cause Build or Buy modes to not show up, or other bugs.
This has happened in the past, with some of the early EPs, but I haven't heard of it occurring with any cracks from Seasons on. If this happens, get another no-CD. Go with the big well-known names: Fairlight, Demonoid, and ViTaLiTy.I can't see the UserData folder thing with the files I'm supposed to delete!!!!11!1
Open up "My Computer". Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME HERE. On the window's menu bar, hit Tools, then Folder Options. Click the View tab. Under "Hidden files and folders" make sure to click on the "Show hidden files and folders" radial button. (Insert beef about Windows hiding crap from computer owners for no valid reason here). Click OK. Now click on the new light-colored folder called Application Data. See a folder called SecuRom? Yay.I heard that I could just rename this one file or change this to read-only and that would remove SecuROM.
Lies. All lies. The only way to stop SecuROM from being installed or activated is to run with a no-CD version that disables SecuROM.I hate this SecuROM crap! What can I do about it.
First, vote with your wallet. Second, make it clear that is what you are doing to EA. Third, you might be interested in this site: http://the-sas.org/. But what does it actually do?
Issues that can be caused by SecuRom:
1. Causes some CD-burning programs not to work. Known targets: Nero, Sonic, Alcohol 120.
2. Causes some anti-virus programs to stall during a scan, not start a scan, or report subscriptions as expired. Known targets: Norton, McAfee.
3. Causes issues with running the game from CD on initial install or on reinstall. This is especially bad since EAxis' solution to everything is to tell us to reinstall the game. Users get the message to enter the original game CD instead of a backup, even though they are using the original game CD.
4. Rumored to actually break CD readers. While this is technically not possible, one user did report that they had been trying to burn a CD right before bed and when they woke up, Nero was still stalled and the CD writer had misaligned. Unnecessary wear-and-tear, if you will.
5. Possible security risk through rootkit set-up.
Please do not post asking everyone to let you know what SecuROM has done to them in this thread. It unnecessarily clogs things up. Go to the site linked two points above, use your friendly neighborhood SEARCH function, or post a separate thread. Does SecuROM come with other games? Because I have it and I don't know where I got it from.
Sure does. See here www.gameburnworld.com/protectedgameslist.shtml for a current list of games. If you are still unsure, do a quick search on your engine of choice for the game name and SecuROM.Does SecuROM come with the Mac version?
As of this posting, no.
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