How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW

[CameoAppearance]

I want to confirm something, since I seem to recall hearing that this was the case but wasn't sure if it was true: It's safe to install a retail-bought rather than pirated SecuROM EP so long as you don't run it from the CD, right? Because I vaguely remember reading something about it not taking effect until the first time you run the game. I just installed FT (like, literally immediately before posting this) but haven't touched it yet -- I had up to Seasons with no SPs before -- and I'd like to know if I'm gonna have to play SecuROM Roulette anyways or if my install can still be saved.

[Solowren]

You're correct--running the game from the original .exe is what's going to hurt. Grab a noCD crack before playing.

[LynnMar]

I have been googleing and just like they said, there are no directions for installing securom.

the 7z one says in properties securom fix and then I have the green sims.exe picture for exP6  now do both of them go someplace.   I am just going to keep the securom because I don't know how to do it and I am not making excuses.  Maybe I am a retard or an LD or something.   thank you  much.   

Maybe if I still had myxp I could figure it out but with this stupid Vista I am lost anyway.

[Marhis]

The Sims2EP6.exe goes in your Programs/The Sims 2/Apartment Life/TSBin folder in place of the original one (in that folder you'll find - indeed - a Sims2EP6.exe as well, apparently identical, but that is, in fact, the original with SecuROM).

I have been googleing and just like they said, there are no directions for installing securom.

He meant to google "7z" not "how to remove securom".




EDITed multiple times because today I am more idiot than ever.

[LynnMar]

I don't have apt. life yet,  #6 is the  one they gave me for Bon Voyage.

  Wouldn't apt. life be number 8 or 9 or a higher number and THANKS  for telling me where the icon goes .  I got it from the game copy world.

 So all I have to do is put that in the ts bin with the original one, make a shortcut  to my desktop and run the game from the shortcut?   

[jolrei]

So all I have to do is put that in the ts bin with the original one, make a shortcut  to my desktop and run the game from the shortcut?

The no-cd crack will generally have the same name as your original Sims2EPx.exe file (whatever number your latest EP is).

Save your no-cd crack in the TSBin folder of your BV directory (where the original BV .exe file is) as something like Sims2EPx-nocd.exe.

Right-click on your Sims 2 BV shortcut on your desktop and click on properties.  Make sure your shortcut points to the no-cd .exe file (i.e. starts the game from the new Sims2EPx-nocd.exe).

That's all you have to do.  If you do it this way, you won't even have to rename the .exe files again when you want to add a later EP (like FT or AL).

[LynnMar]

thanks .  I have another question, everytime I download a fix for bon voyage,  I get the icon and the one that looks like a computer and it says brewers info and I downloaded one today from Fairlane and it says fltdox.nfo.   Are you suppose to run the one that says info before you install the fixed icon?

You can see and example in my picture post, the  one that looks like a blue computer and it always says info.

[Marhis]

No, they're simply text files with infos; you can open and read them with Notepad (right click -> open with -> Notepad). If you double-click on them, the system will try to open them as a "System Information" (due to their extension .nfo), but it's useless.

[Lord Darcy]

I linked .nfo file to DAMN NFO Viewer. It's specifically designed with ASCII art in mind. A useful little tool for ARR life.

[LynnMar]

I am going to order apt. life and bon voyage today.  so, I only need a no cd  crack for AL since I will be using it to play the game.  Even if I buy some of the sp's later I will not have to get a fix for them, only the last EP.   Is that right?   also I forgot to bookmark the place where you get the fairlane no cd cracks.  Does anybody have that addy?    thanks

If not can anyone tell me another place to get the AL no cd.  I  don't like that one place   that has them ,that says it has spyware on it.

[dragoness]

Oh honestly.  Here.

[morriganrant]

There is a one place that has no-cds? ...Is it like, that one place across from the bar, where we eat sometimes? No, not that place, the other one, you know the one.
If you have AL, the only SP that you would need an no-cd for is M&G. It works like an ep and you run from that one if you have it.

In regards to spyware. Firefox. Adblock or Adblock plus. If that is not secure enough, then you can add no script to it as well, that would require some configuration, as is it doesn't like MTS2.
I use gamecopyworld for no-cds. Gameburnworld makes me feel dirty for some reason. Regardless of where you go, you should be scanning files  and your pc with your virus scan and with something like Adaware. Regardless of where you go on the internet.

[Hegelian]

Just to report my recent experience. . . .

Three days ago I installed on the PC I built last June the entire game through AL, restoring my old game from Pets/GL, updating, patching, etc. It all went mostly well (except for duplicates of the two Seasons bin families due to an incorrect installation of the clean stealth neighborhood, and subsequent purging of all the bin families added by the expansions). The game was running fine, no lots were corrupted, no flashing blue objects (even no missing wants).

This morning the game would not start because no CD was detected. This was because no optical drives were detected by WinXP. The two drives were seen by XP, but the drivers could not be loaded (error code 39). I messed around with moving the drives to different controllers, installing a different drive, uninstalled all my cd-writing and .wav-extraction software, etc. to no avail, which led me to do the SecuROM purge.

The purge process was not difficult, although it helps (a lot) to have had experience with working with the command line and the registry editor. The AL patch 2 no-CD crack works without any problem (so far); it is the one by Vitality. However, purging SecuROM did not restore my optical drives.

I tried installing new drivers for the IDE and SATA controllers, and CD drivers. I attempted a firmware update, but the updater could not find the drive. Finally, I found a link at the Sony optical storage Web site to a Microsoft knowledge base article on fixing the code 39 problem, by deleting a couple registry values related to optical drives. Somewhat surprisingly, this worked, even though the original article was written to address a problem with Easy CD Creator.

In case someone might find it useful, here is the relevant Microsoft page:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=270008

Although it primarily addresses the code 31 error, it also covers the code 39 error.

Of course, now Civ 4 won't run (it uses a different version of SecuROM).   

[Syko]

I have been reading all this because I think Securom has messed up my computer.  I had all the EPs and SPs installed, and quite a lot of CC and game mods.  Suddenly half the time my computer did not recognize the M&G disk in the drive.  Since it did read other games, I thought possibly my disk was bad, and I uninstalled M&G.  Nope, would not read AL either.  So I reinstalled M&G.  My neighborhood and my downloads folder disappeared.  OK, glitch.  So I went to re-download the CC and mods.  Some showed up in the game, some didn't.  My sims had no blur, and hairy bodies, but no crammyboys, for example. 

So I decided to uninstall the entire thing and reinstall.  Guess what?  My computer tells me that there is no disk in the DVD drive.  I can't reinstall.  I have literally spent hundreds of dollars on a game that I can not play because the manufacturer is afraid I might pirate it?  Excuse me, but it's my dang game.  I bought it.

The really sad thing is that I decided (before someone said the "S" word to me) that the computer was toast, and I ordered a new one from Dell.  Heh.

I would love to take Securom off but I am terrified to go into the registry.  Anyone know if reformatting would remove it?  I have an Alienware and it has the Alien Spawn disk which restores the computer to factory condition.  This would be easier to me than to try to mess around in places I don't know anything about.

[Hegelian]

See my post above:

In case someone might find it useful, here is the relevant Microsoft page:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=270008

Although it primarily addresses the code 31 error, it also covers the code 39 error.

This is for when your optical drives disappear.

[J. M. Pescado]

I see Reggikkowinkle has let you out of your closet again.

[reggikko]

I see Reggikkowinkle has let you out of your closet again.

He was supposed to be cleaning, not posting! 

[simstwoplayergirl]

Hi there - I don't normally post - I just read all the posts and can get  my questions answered - I understand what I need to do to get rid of secuROM - I have two questions - I have everything installed and patched except Family Fun Stuff and the Holiday Pack - I am waiting for them to arrive in the mail in a few days - anyhoo -


1) do I have to uninstall the game before I can uninstall the secuRom?
2) if I do not have to unistall the game - when I get the last SP packs - can I just install them and then run the game with the crack version of Mansions and Gardens? (or do I have uninstall and install in order?)

Anyone's help will be greatly appreciated - and thanks for the post - I had no idea what was going on with my game - I could play 2x then it would not load for me - I hope there is no damage to my computer.

[jolrei]

Hi there - I don't normally post - I just read all the posts and can get  my questions answered - I understand what I need to do to get rid of secuROM - I have two questions - I have everything installed and patched except Family Fun Stuff and the Holiday Pack - I am waiting for them to arrive in the mail in a few days - anyhoo -

What is this "wait in the mail", of which you speak.  Pirate Cat doesn't pay for his downloads.

1) do I have to uninstall the game before I can uninstall the secuRom?
2) if I do not have to unistall the game - when I get the last SP packs - can I just install them and then run the game with the crack version of Mansions and Gardens? (or do I have uninstall and install in order?)

1) No, do not uninstall the game.  Simply follow the remove secuROM steps as provided at the top of the thread.  Leave the game where it is.
2) M&G is the latest stuffpack/EP.  The packs you are waiting for are earlier packs (by release date).  You will continue to run from the no-cd for M&G.

[simstwoplayergirl]

Thank you for the speedy reply - I have just completed the first part of the uninstall of secuRom - getting ready to do the next - then I will download the no-cd version of M&G..........

[simerette]

Well it happened had a no cd on the free time daughter went in and downloaded the Mansion and Garden on it. You guessed it  the patch was not remove from the last EP. So now I am wondering because she had done this does she have Securerom on her pc now? I was also looking for a new nocd patch for M&G and was not able to find one that was workable. I have worked with them in the past and would like to stick with them jsut cant find one.

Thank You

[sloppyhousewife]

So now I am wondering because she had done this does she have Securerom on her pc now?

SecuROM installs itself as soon as the original exe that comes with it (in this case, the M&G exe) is run. So if she played M&G already, then yes. If she just installed it without playing afterwards, then no.

I was also looking for a new nocd patch for M&G and was not able to find one that was workable. I have worked with them in the past and would like to stick with them jsut cant find one.

There is one which works just fine on gamecopyworld. The link to GCW must be in this thread somewhere, or google.

[jolrei]

Well it happened had a no cd on the free time daughter went in and downloaded the Mansion and Garden on it. You guessed it  the patch was not remove from the last EP. So now I am wondering because she had done this does she have Securerom on her pc now? I was also looking for a new nocd patch for M&G and was not able to find one that was workable. I have worked with them in the past and would like to stick with them jsut cant find one.

This is a perfect example of a post that deserves sporking for extremely poor use of punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, use (or non-use) of capital letters in proper places, etc.  However, I (and I suspect others as well) sometimes feel that if the person is "not of the English-speaking world", some leniency might be granted.  How to tell the ESLs from the true idiots, is the issue.  If persons could indicate on their profile where (broadly speaking) they are hailing from, this would be easier.  Considering that this is unlikely to happen, we must make our own judgements, if ESL has not been specifically and explicitly invoked.

YOUR PARAGRAPH - NONSENSICAL!!

That said, you can not get secuROM on a machine simply by leaving a no-cd in.  Once you patch your game, it is patched, and you leave the patch.  When you add a new EP, you need to get the no-cd for the new EP (if it is a later EP than any others in your game).  If you play without the no-cd for the latest EP, the disk will install secuROM on your system.  However, having a no-cd for an earlier EP still on the system will have no relevant effect.

If your daughter played an M&G game without a no-cd crack, you have secuROM.

Also, it is not really a "patch" - try searching Gamecopyworld for a "no-cd crack" or a "no-dvd crack".

[simerette]

I went to the site suggested. I then downloaded the no dvd fix. Sims2MansionAndGardenStuffv1.0NoDVDFixedexeEng.7z.  This format is not familiar to me.  The no-cd patches I have done in the past were in the format of exe.  Also on the game site it mentions that this would be in a winrar or other zip program and it was not . Not sure if I am down loading the right item. Would appreciate some help.

Thank you
 

[jolrei]

.7z is a kind of zip format.  Winrar should open it.  You will find the .exe file inside.