How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
WhiteQueen:
Well, the time has come for me to finally get rid of SecuROM from my computer as AL is fucking me up big time. My plan is to uninstall all of the games (something I've been meaning to do for a while anyway), remove SecuROM, reinstall the games in order, and use a no-cd crack. Unfortunately, I can't even get past the first step. I've been trying to download RegDelNull from here - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/sysinternals/bb897448.aspx - since yesterday morning, but I keep getting "a connection to the server could not be established" error. Every other link I've found leads back to that page. I don't suppose anyone still has it on their computer and can upload it? Or am I doomed to delete the offending files directly from the registry?
Also, I'm sure I know the answer to this one, but I'll ask anyway. The latest crack from Vitality at gamecopyworld says to apply the official patch first and then replace the exe. I've never patched my games and don't feel the need to start, so can I ignore that instruction, or should I use the older link from Reloaded instead?
Thanks in advance! :)
jolrei:
Yo, Whitequeen - I have it on my 4shared account.
Regdelnull.zip
KinwatsaZ:
Hi, Well the AL no CD is only my second one ever. And I am now confused. I downloaded the No CD from GameCopyWorld for AL with the patch. The original No CD exe was some 44K in size...44,738...The new downloaded exe for AL with the patch is only 6,288Kb in size. Anyone able to explain to me why? Shouldn't the size be relative? Is it the correct one? Is this safe to use? What about the patch would have resulted in a vastly smaller exe? Did it or no? I will hold off on patching and applying the No CD until someone can get back to me. Thanks in advance. K
Mootilda:
Quote from: KinwatsaZ on 2008 October 06, 21:10:01
Hi, Well the AL no CD is only my second one ever. And I am now confused. I downloaded the No CD from GameCopyWorld for AL with the patch. The original No CD exe was some 44K in size...44,738...The new downloaded exe for AL with the patch is only 6,288Kb in size. Anyone able to explain to me why? Shouldn't the size be relative? Is it the correct one? Is this safe to use? What about the patch would have resulted in a vastly smaller exe? Did it or no? I will hold off on patching and applying the No CD until someone can get back to me. Thanks in advance. K
Different people who make no-cds have different philosophies about the "correct" way to do it; this can result in wildly different sizes. As long as the no-cd works, I wouldn't worry about it.
What this really tells you is how much of the game is devoted to refusing people access to the game. When all of that code is removed, the resulting EXE can be a lot smaller.
gfitz:
Quote from: KinwatsaZ on 2008 October 06, 21:10:01
Hi, Well the AL no CD is only my second one ever. And I am now confused. I downloaded the No CD from GameCopyWorld for AL with the patch. The original No CD exe was some 44K in size...44,738...The new downloaded exe for AL with the patch is only 6,288Kb in size. Anyone able to explain to me why? Shouldn't the size be relative? Is it the correct one? Is this safe to use? What about the patch would have resulted in a vastly smaller exe? Did it or no? I will hold off on patching and applying the No CD until someone can get back to me. Thanks in advance. K
I am going to say that I also had some issues finding the right one to download. I grabbed the first one I think, by vitality (or something like that). It was the only one I could make work. I couldn't get the 7zip one to work at all. The key for me was figuring out that you had to replace the installed SimsEP8 file with the no CD thing. So I would copy that somewhere first just in case. I think that has been mentioned in the steps but just wanted to reiterate that.
Also I found myself downloading trainers and not the actual .exe that runs the game. Those are much smaller too.
Hope this helps...
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