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jsalemi
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #550 on:
2008 May 30, 12:42:13 »
As long as you don't run the game from the "official" .exe, you shouldn't get SecuRom on your machine. So don't install the new patch until a new no-cd.exe is available.
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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2008 May 31, 08:23:52 »
I followed all the steps at the beginning of the thread, but I'm stuck on this one:
Step 4: Removal of Securom files under "C:\Documents and Settings". I've unhidden hidden files, and I've unchecked 'Hide protected operating system files', but I still can't see a Securom folder. I've successfully completed the preceding steps. Does that mean that Securom is gone, or have I just not been able to find it?
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jimbo
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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2008 June 02, 22:55:57 »
I tried the new "no cd" crack and it doesn't work. I still get emulation detected. I replaced the exe. Do I have to do all that regedit things to get the no cd to work? The crack I got is found on gcw. But does not fix my problem after I installed the patch. Thought it removes the securom and lets me play but samething "emulation detected". I dont have anything like that besides nero and I removed it to check and samething. Any help please because I want to play freetime. The patch fixes some problems I have.
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lauriej
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #553 on:
2008 June 03, 00:50:05 »
Quote from: jimbo on 2008 June 02, 22:55:57
I tried the new "no cd" crack and it doesn't work. I still get emulation detected. I replaced the exe. Do I have to do all that regedit things to get the no cd to work? The crack I got is found on gcw. But does not fix my problem after I installed the patch. Thought it removes the securom and lets me play but samething "emulation detected". I dont have anything like that besides nero and I removed it to check and samething. Any help please because I want to play freetime. The patch fixes some problems I have.
you need to wait until they create a new no cd crack the one posted is for the last patch. new version should be 1.2
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Lullabelle
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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2008 June 03, 05:01:25 »
I followed the removal directions for SecuROM, and I can't seem to find any traces of
Securom
, anywhere. I'm sure I have it, but it's not showing itself to me. I even tried downloading a program to detect rootkits or something of that nature, the program wouldn't even run(maybe I did it wrong?) I've been searching online for 1 1/2 months, trying to find a way to play my Sims2FreeTime, but nothing seems to work. The weird thing is, it used to before any of the patches game out. I mean sure it had a few bugs, but nothing unlivable. Now my game crashes literally two minutes after I load any house! I t just says
"This Application has crashed. The program will now terminate"
I deleted all my CC, tried uninstalling and re-installing the game, tried both pacthes(old and new), I tried without patches,
nothing
works. My computer was just recently re-formatted(a week before loading Sims2) I thought that might get rid of SecuROM, but I don't know I did install the latest patch but my game crashed instantly after neighborhood pan around, so I unstalled all my EPs and SPs again. And now I'm trying to locate the new SecuROM that came with the patch, and FreeTimeEP. But It doesn't show up, when I followed the "REMOVE SECOROM" directions.?? Can anyone help??
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Lullabelle
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #555 on:
2008 June 03, 05:58:57 »
Quote from: theangelofdarkness on 2008 May 31, 08:23:52
I followed all the steps at the beginning of the thread, but I'm stuck on this one:
Step 4: Removal of Securom files under "C:\Documents and Settings". I've unhidden hidden files, and I've unchecked 'Hide protected operating system files', but I still can't see a Securom folder. I've successfully completed the preceding steps. Does that mean that Securom is gone, or have I just not been able to find it?
I don't even know how to get to my hidden files, so "c:\Documents and Settings" says access denied.
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #556 on:
2008 June 03, 13:29:40 »
Am I correct in reading that you're playing with the newest FreeTime patch? Unless you have the no-cd crack for it, that just might be your issue.
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Tchan
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #557 on:
2008 June 03, 13:43:06 »
I've followed the instructions as well and it can't find a thing. I know I have SecuROM because I've got FT (even though I haven't installed either patch) and I've noticed it killing my programmes one-by-one (starting with Norton Antivirus, which is now dead as a doornail, and Nero is surely the next to go), but there's not a sign of it on the computer. I ran through cmd and it can't find any null keys at all, nor can I find a \Securom folder in Application Data (or, indeed,
anywhere
). This is really taxing! Any ideas?
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morriganrant
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #558 on:
2008 June 03, 13:54:56 »
To those not finding a trace of it, did you install FT while on the Admin account or on a secondary account? Aren't the files on the non-admin accounts labeled differently? It's somewhere within the first few pages of this thread. Can't look right now.
As for emulation software detected, that is a securom problem. If you installed the second patch, well good luck with that. You need an updated no-cd for it and we don't have one yet. Sim city societies gave me the same hell with the third patch. I had to uninstall then remove securom ...again. If that is just with installing FT and maybe the first patch, then you need to put in the no-cd and then remove securom from your pc.
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Tchan
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #559 on:
2008 June 03, 14:02:23 »
Admin account, I believe. It's the main one.
I went searching for the SecuROM folder in all my accounts. No cigar yet.
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jolrei
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #560 on:
2008 June 03, 16:04:22 »
Quote from: Tchan on 2008 June 03, 14:02:23
Admin account, I believe. It's the main one.
I went searching for the SecuROM folder in all my accounts. No cigar yet.
I believe that if you install the "infected" EPs on an Admin account, you often do not get a securom folder - I did not. I only got the registry entries when I installed BV, for example.
If you can't find the Securom folders, but have removed the registry entries and followed all the steps, and then run from the proper no-cd, I would think your system is clean.
Mind you, if you have other games that have securom and you play them from the disks or original .exe files, you will keep reinstalling it.
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Lord Darcy
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #561 on:
2008 June 03, 16:27:14 »
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 June 03, 16:04:22
I believe that if you install the "infected" EPs on an Admin account, you often do not get a securom folder - I did not. I only got the registry entries when I installed BV, for example.
Agreed, it was the same way for me when I installed BV patch the first time.
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Tchan
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #562 on:
2008 June 03, 20:05:44 »
I couldn't find the registry entries! I followed all the steps and it came up with nothing; no null registry keys and no sign of SecuROM anywhere, even though I KNOW I have it.
But at least that explains why there's no folder. Thank you. I did wonder.
(But it isn't getting rid of SecuROM.
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jolrei
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #563 on:
2008 June 03, 21:05:52 »
Is it just possible that your system has some other difficulty. If there are no securom entries in registry, and no folder, the likelihood is that there is no securom.
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Kazzandra
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #564 on:
2008 June 03, 22:59:46 »
Are you all using the original .exe? If not, a malware/spyware program might have rooted them out for you-- that's all I can think. Bizarre
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Kazzandra
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #565 on:
2008 June 04, 00:03:21 »
Securom is well known malware now. I wouldn't be surprised if some programs have defined it as such.
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Lullabelle
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #566 on:
2008 June 04, 08:28:47 »
Quote from: morriganrant on 2008 June 03, 13:54:56
To those not finding a trace of it, did you install FT while on the Admin account or on a secondary account? Aren't the files on the non-admin accounts labeled differently? It's somewhere within the first few pages of this thread. Can't look right now.
As for emulation software detected, that is a securom problem. If you installed the second patch, well good luck with that. You need an updated no-cd for it and we don't have one yet. Sim city societies gave me the same hell with the third patch. I had to uninstall then remove securom ...again. If that is just with installing FT and maybe the first patch, then you need to put in the no-cd and then remove securom from your pc.
I only have one account It's the admin account.
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Lullabelle
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #567 on:
2008 June 04, 08:34:51 »
Quote from: Kazzandra on 2008 June 03, 22:59:46
Are you all using the original .exe? If not, a malware/spyware program might have rooted them out for you-- that's all I can think. Bizarre
I used the original .exe and had the new patch installed, and I still couldn't find any traces of securom anywhere. I know I have it I have all eps and sps installed and the latest patch installed . . .er did I took them all off . But I couldn't find any traces of Securom. I have followed every direction for locating it, but I doesn't show up anywhere. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #568 on:
2008 June 04, 09:50:03 »
I've just reformated my machine and I'm still searching for an anti-virus that suits. I thought I'd found it with Clamwin, because it only comes when called, but as it totally failed to update itself successfully in a fortnight, I've gone looking for others. I'm currently trying Bitdefender and AntiVir. Both of these tools enable me to search for rootkits, which is new to me in an antivirus program. I don't know whether they would work on SecROM, but both of them thought I was rootkit free.
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #569 on:
2008 June 04, 13:55:21 »
Quote from: Lullabelle on 2008 June 04, 08:34:51
I used the original .exe and had the new patch installed, and I still couldn't find any traces of securom anywhere. I know I have it I have all eps and sps installed and the latest patch installed . . .er did I took them all off . But I couldn't find any traces of Securom. I have followed every direction for locating it, but I doesn't show up anywhere. Anyone have any suggestions?
If you play the game with your modem disconnected, and if you load onto an adminstrator account, you will likely not get a securom folder on your drive. If you do not have the securom keys in the registry, you may have followed the steps for removal correctly and they may simply be gone. If you can't find it, it may not be there. Load from a no-cd crack in any case to avoid getting it back. Has the added benefit of not wearing out your disks.
And please do not double post. Use the "modify" button to add to previous post. Double posting is bad, m'kay?
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Tchan
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #570 on:
2008 June 04, 15:05:07 »
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 June 03, 21:05:52
Is it just possible that your system has some other difficulty. If there are no securom entries in registry, and no folder, the likelihood is that there is no securom.
Quote from: Kazzandra on 2008 June 03, 22:59:46
Are you all using the original .exe? If not, a malware/spyware program might have rooted them out for you-- that's all I can think. Bizarre
I'm using the original .exe and I don't have a malware/spyware program; only Norton Antivirus & Internet Security, which SOMETHING has killed, so that's not finding any bugs or spyware. I'm trying to use my internet as little as possible on the computer because of this. (I'm on my laptop now.)
Is it really possible to not have SecuROM on my PC (I bought Bon Voyage and FreeTime, and ARRed TSS), but to have contracted some sort of bug that killed Norton? If I haven't got SecuROM, excellent. I mean, I don't have to get rid of it if I don't have it.
(But that doesn't change the fact that something killed my PAID antivirus program, and is letting in lots of horrors, mostly "benign" tracker cookies. I rarely use my internet on the PC; only to download CC and songs through Limewire, which has never once given my a virus.)
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IAmTheRad
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #571 on:
2008 June 05, 00:10:05 »
Ehh, I'm using the 1.1 nocd crack with patch #2.
It's a temporary workaround until patch 2 is nocd'd
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Tchan
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #572 on:
2008 June 05, 11:56:40 »
Quote from: Duo_mania on 2008 June 05, 02:59:39
So that im not SO confused about everything. Is secuRom only from BV or any EP or SP after that? Im hearing all this stuff about it being on teen style stuff and pets and all this stuff. I've had that on my comp for a while but the only time i experienced installation issues was when i tried to install kitchen and bath. after that i couldnt install anything else. I tried uninstalling things and reinstalling not knowing the situation and now NOTHING works. Help.
It's not on Pets or Seasons. It's only from BV onwards, including stuff packs. TSS, K&B and H&MS all have it.
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lauriej
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #573 on:
2008 June 05, 14:09:58 »
Quote from: IAmTheRad on 2008 June 05, 00:10:05
Ehh, I'm using the 1.1 nocd crack with patch #2.
It's a temporary workaround until patch 2 is nocd'd
do you notice if the patch actually fixed anything?
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Kazzandra
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Re: How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
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Reply #574 on:
2008 June 05, 14:44:01 »
Quote from: lauriej on 2008 June 05, 14:09:58
Quote from: IAmTheRad on 2008 June 05, 00:10:05
Ehh, I'm using the 1.1 nocd crack with patch #2.
It's a temporary workaround until patch 2 is nocd'd
do you notice if the patch actually fixed anything?
Why yes, it did, including the worst problems with Freetime. This is currently the set-up that I (and many others) are using. You can still get it
here.
Remember to download the corresponding 1.1 NO-CD crack.
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