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I am wondering if any one knows how to use permissions that is found by right clicking on the file in the registry and choosing permissions. I have noticed that administrator rights can be denied or allowed full control. I have also notice an advanced security settings with these administrator rights. I am not sure how to work these.
I am interested in knowing how to worik the permission section of the software folder. Mostly will this do anything to disable it.
Thanks in advance. :)

You really shouldn't be playing with permissions in the registry. There is no reason for you to tinker with any of them.  You especially don't want to start removing administrator access.  If you want to lock down your system, what you can do is make your user account type to limited.  This means that when you are logged with this user, you will have limited rights to make system changes and install program.  When you need to make  changes, you'll need to log into the admin account.  I can't vouch for how that works.  Badly would be my guess, from limited previous experience. 

Oh since you mention securom, I am not sure this will help prevent it's installation.  It's my understanding that Securom gets around the little detail of insufficient access rights.  If you want to avoid it altogether, use a no CD hack.  Look in the other threads for details on how to.

BTW It's spelled Lucrezia Borgia for future reference.

Thank you for the correct spelling. Frankly my dear I do not give a F__k. If you do not know of what I am talking about in regards to my post do not reply. If on the other hand you do then please give me some information. I am not here to be trolled or hi-jacked I just have a question.

Thank you to the first poster, that posted but I am not interested in a cracked copy at this time.  I just would like to know if I can just some how disable this software in my computer but not remove it. Thank you both again.

Ouch. Suddenly this place is over run by people that can't take criticism.

I'm just wondering where s/he got a dam.  Is it a beaver dam?  I know that none of the major dams are privately owned.  Perhaps s/he built a dam in the back yard, and doesn't want to give it up?

Well, then you're in the wrong place.  What is it with idiots coming in here and telling us how to behave? Go away, and take your dam with you.


No disable, only remove, then use cracked exe to prevent it coming back.  Or just don't play BV.

You get that sort of idiot everywhere - they bust in somewhere and then expect the place to change to suit them.  Unfortunately, most places are "nice" and try to accommodate people like this, which is generally a fatal error, as this causes the original members to leave.

@OP - LURK MOAR.  You will find we care about spelling and the basic stuff like not insulting the inMATYs in your first couple of posts.  You do not need a dam for that, you need a couple of brain cells (preferably trained) that rub together in useful ways.  A dam blocks things - apparently yours blocks spelling.  Don't give it to anyone here.  We don't want it.

Witch's post regarding your interesting manner in spelling your handle may be looked on as a test of your overall compatibility with the normal denizens of MATY.  From the posts above mine, it would appear that you fail.

You gotta love MATY :D  Nothing like a good snark fest in the morning ......


Any, as for disabling Securom, my guess would be that if you remove it, it will get reinstalled.  If you disable it, or interfere with it, it will prevent you from playing the game.  That's what it's designed for after all.

PS:  Good one Jolrei.  You might want to fix your /quote  :P

To the poster that suggest this.   No disable, only remove, then use cracked exe to prevent it coming back.  Or just don't play BV.
 Thank you for posting. I do understand that with some games this type of protection soft ware comes along with the package. I also know that with any software listed in the registry there is a section that the software will automaticly allow full control for the administrator. I find this permission section a bit confusing and was hoping that I could find someone that has knowledge of how to use this permission area.

This site came highly recommended to me. I was left with the impression that if anyone knows any thing about computer information, game information etc.  This is the place to go. I am not looking for chitty chat or anything else Just looking for information about my question.
So again Please if you know of what I am asking please reply. If you do not then please pass on this post.
Thank you to all that have posted. Most thanks to the ones that actually gave some information about my post.

Since you don't like the advice given, try Google. 

Right.  If it was simply a matter of disabling secuROM, it would probably have been discussed here already.  There are a lot of us concerned with this issue.  However, it is generally a bad idea to fool about with the permissions in the registry, especially if you don't know exactly what you're doing.  In any case, if there is a bit of malware on the system, why just disable it when you can get rid of it.  That's like closing a garbage bag and putting it in a corner of the living room because it's easier, rather than taking out the trash.  Counterintuitive=fail.


Yes, well, if you had bothered to check what sort of forum this was, you would (maybe) have noticed that there is a certain style to the place.  One thing that your high recommendations obviously did not tell you is that this is not a safe and polite place.  You have now been given advice.  Do with it what you want. 

As for your desire for "chitty chat", you came to MATY.  When you are with us, please do not criticise the way we carry on our normal life.  Manners are so important.  kthxbai. >:(

(@angelyne - thanks for the note - previous post edited. :P)

Do you know of what I am asking??? Do you know how to use the registry??? I have googled it and have searched but nothing concrete. To the post above this one. IF you un install the software that has securom with it. You will have to do a full reformat of your computer.  I would just like to know if anyone has ever used this section of any software in the registry  and if they ever did a disable, and  did it keep it disabled?

"I am your dam guide, Arnie, please don't wander off the dam tour and please take all the dam pictures you want. Now are there any dam questions?"
"Yeah, where can I get some damn bait?"




Sorry, I just woke up and am suffering coffee deprivation... ;)

Right.  If it was simply a matter of disabling secuROM, it would probably have been discussed here already.  There are a lot of us concerned with this issue.  However, it is generally a bad idea to fool about with the permissions in the registry, especially if you don't know exactly what you're doing.  In any case, if there is a bit of malware on the system, why just disable it when you can get rid of it.  That's like closing a garbage bag and putting it in a corner of the living room because it's easier, rather than taking out the trash.  Counterintuitive=fail.

As far as my spyware programs I have not had it detected it as malware or rootkit.  However that more then likely is  not unusual as  securom is very tricky. I agree with you about a simple matter of disalbing that it would have been discussed and someone would have figured it out. That is what I am tring to do is figure it out and see if maybe it can just be disabled with out un installing the software. If you have not ever seen what I am talking about and if you have xp or vista. go to your registry and then go into HKey_Current_user. Then go into software and click on any of your software. then look for the word permission and check it out. Maybe it will give an idea as to what I am talking about.
I agree the best way would  be to un install and then reformat or just delete the protection program from the computer. If I am correct with that.  Thank you for posting.

You are seriously misinformed.  I strongly suggest you read the first thread stickied in this forum that tells you how to remove SecuROM without having to reformat.  And playing with the registry is a very bad thing if you don't know what you're doing, and in all my years in the computer field, I never heard of anyone disabling rather than removing stuff from the registry.  Probably because it's a really bad thing to do.

And a work of advice -- if you don't like the advice you're given, don't keep demanding new answers.  The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  Read more, talk less, and do engage your fucking brain first.

Excessive punctuation much???????!!!

Feeling frustrated? Feeling out of sorts? Not able to use the "Search" function at the top of the page? Not able to ask for help nicely? Feel like getting poked with sharp pointy sticks?

Come to maty, we've got your sharp pointy sticks right here.

You are seriously misinformed.  I strongly suggest you read the first thread stickied in this forum that tells you how to remove SecuROM without having to reformat.  And playing with the registry is a very bad thing if you don't know what you're doing, and in all my years in the computer field, I never heard of anyone disabling rather than removing stuff from the registry.  Probably because it's a really bad thing to do.

And a work of advice -- if you don't like the advice you're given, don't keep demanding new answers.  The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  Read more, talk less, and do engage your fucking brain first.
 
I have read that the only way to get it completely off after un installing lets say a game  is to do a full format of your hard drive. I understand that it is confusing about this protection software. I agree with removing instead of disabling. I was hoping that it could be done. Guess there is no real answer to this. Well I can tell you this if you try to disable it by using the security section of this perticular program, nothing bad happens. I have tried that much I can still play a game that has it.
Thanks for you info it is greatly noted. Thanks

Where, oh where, is a bunny with a pancake on its head when you need one?

@OP - Please, oh please, if you're going to keep posting, at least read the FAQ!  Especially the bit about how NOT to post.  It may have some tips that could help you with your quoting of previous threads, rather than annoying the resident ravening inMATYs.

You read wrong. It is entirely possible to remove SecuRom from your computer without reformatting and without removing the game. As has been pointed out already, the instructions are here: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9929.0.html  (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9929.0.html) and here: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9559.0.html (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9559.0.html)

As for your question about fiddling with security options and the registry, the answer is NO.

Thank you I have read that. I actually copied and pasted that info a while back. That will be my last resort. Thank you all it has been fun. Most thanks to those that have actually given me some information. As far as the reformating info lots of people might think that is what you have to do. Glad to know that is not the case and is not necessary to go to all that trouble. Thanks much.

Last resort?  And here I thought it was the tried and true method.  In all my searching on the net, I have found no other clearly written step by step guide for removing SecuROM from a BV installation.  I hope you don't have to reformat your computer because you fucked with your registry.  Reformatting computers because of SecuROM is a debunked myth.  Reformatting computers because you borked it beyond repair messing with something you shouldn't have is more common, and likely if you don't know EXACTLY what you are doing.

Things must be different in the land of dams and bunnies with pancakes on their heads. Why anyone would want to mess with their registry and invoke an exploding computer, rather than follow instructions on something that's been shown to work, is beyond me.

Thank you for your info my computer is fine no I did not as you say fuck it up. I am a bit computer savvy and know how to do lots of things with my computer. why is every one so afraid of the registry? Oh I agree yes you can fuck it up. No I have not just with that one perticular soft ware and really nothing has happened to my computer or game or anything.  Actually I only have but one file and that is the file that states the name of the software. There are no longer any additional files that where with it. They are all gone. Just one lonely file sitting in my registry with the name securom. no additional why to see the other files from securom.  I do have all the files of other programs and all files that belong in my registry. But anyway thanks.

Asked and answered?


This paragraph is incomprehensible, so:
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Found the macro at last.

Ok I didnt thinks so. Love the bunny that is too cute.

Ok thanks evey one :)  I am out of here. I will still go on a quest to see if I can disable securom. I will search under rocks and look in every corner for the answer of No you can never ever disable it  or Yes there is a way and here is how.  Love the bunny and the pancakes. Thank you all for your help. bye

What the...for the last damn time, read the fucking sticky. Do you have the attention span of a hummingbird on coke?

Well, ya know, some people simply do not take criticism well.  Others ignore it.  Others simply do not have the brains to understand that it is criticism, and hopefully they blissfully wander off and fall down a well somewhere (as will likely happen metaphorically to the OP if it continues on it's quest for altering registry permissions based on it's current level of knowledge). 

Considering it's unswerving path toward total system fuckup, I think it is more likely that there is only room for the one idea in the OP's brain and that any other suggestions or advice simply drop out of the queue without registering.

This is what happens when the names MATY and Pescado are thrown around on the BBS.  ::) Those chillen' come here for help thinkin' anyone here gives a shit.   :D

Poor chillen's.  ;D

I could have sworn multiple of us indicated that you could not just disable it and you had to remove it?  Some people apparently can't read in context.

Yes, but some people get their mind set on something, and nothing will change it until they get kicked in the face.

Amazing how simlike some people are  ;D

Anyway, here I go again.  I have the patience of a saint. And too much time on my hands obviously.  You don't mess with the registry because it's not meant to be messed with. It's like the sticker that says " breaking seal will VOID WARRANTY".  They put that sticker on there for a reason.

You DON'T experiment with the registry.  Unless you are in the mood for a reformat.  There are no undo buttons there.  No friendly but annoying paper clip helpers with helpful hints.   Delving in the registry you are effectively playing with the guts of your OS.

Warning aside, your plan won't not work.    If I had thought it would, I would have said so.  You can't disable Securom by messing with your registry permission.  it simply doesn't work that way. The registry is simply a big database of settings.  It doesn't do anything on its own.  At the very best nothing will change.  If Securom requires to make modifications to the registry and is denied access, you'll get errors and the game will barf.   At the worst, if you mess up, your OS won't boot. Securom has been around for quite a while and many people, much more knowledgeable and smarter than you or me have bent their energy towards defeating this copy protection.  And they did it.  You really think that you, with your obviously limited knowledge, will outthink everyone, including the designers of Securom, and defeat the program buy twiddling with a couple of permissions?  Hmmm. 

Thanks all again. Well maybe my plan wont work but i can testafy that all is seriously well with my computer. I do not need to re format anything at this time. I have the protection soft ware securom denied. Yes I am experimenting just to see what happens. So far nothing has happened.

Warning aside, your plan won't not work.    If I had thought it would, I would have said so.  You can't disable Securom by messing with your registry permission.  it simply doesn't work that way. The registry is simply a big database of settings.  It doesn't do anything on its own.  At the very best nothing will change.  If Securom requires to make modifications to the registry and is denied access, you'll get errors and the game will barf.   At the worst, if you mess up, your OS won't boot. Securom has been around for quite a while and many people, much more knowledgeable and smarter than you or me have bent their energy towards defeating this copy protection.  And they did it.  You really think that you, with your obviously limited knowledge, will outthink everyone, including the designers of Securom, and defeat the program buy twiddling with a couple of permissions?  Hmmm. 

That is a very good point. I do not think I will mess up my OS as all is fine. Btw I do have all the tools to do what the sticky at the top says. Have had them now for a while. I Just am not in the mood to use a cracked copy. Thanks to the creator of the copy, Who ever it was. Kados to you. NO Barfing of Game at all, plays great no problems actually it runs much better then it did before I did this.

As for all the insults and the barbs, oh yeah and the stick poking. It is like  water off of a ducks back.  The sticks have been broken and tossed in the fire for burning.

As for to much time on my hands not really. I have the patience of a Saint, but I can say I am not one. Read context yes I think I can. However there was so much Jabbing that it is hard to really understand what the posters were saying. I did get all of your drifts and I take all of that into consideration. I do thank you for what you really were tring to say.

My system has not kicked me in the face yet so I must know something. Yes I did come here for help. There is lots of room for ideas in this noggen.  I guess you all think that things are written in stone. Not in my book there are more answers out there to one problem then one can ever imagine. It dose not hurt to try something even if it fails, at least you tried. I am not one to bury my head in the sand because of anyone or anything. It has been my utmost pleasure typing to you all today. I am very grateful that you found my post interesting. As I found all of your answers. Thanks again and good luck to you all. Enjoy your life here on this site and hope you all learn something new the every day.

Oh look, it's still lecturing us. I've probably forgotten more about computers that you ever knew. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, jerkwad.


(I wonder if this one is the 'friend' of the one we had here last week who totally screwed up the posters game, yet felt he knew so much more than the rest of us that we wouldn't understand his brilliance, so he didn't dare come here to share it with us.)
 

I thought it said it was out of here?  Damn Liars.

Must be some new mutation of the Exitus Dramaticus strategy.  ::)

/me likes Joe

I counted at least 4 times that she?he? said this was the last post on the matter.

It's not nice to lie to people.

This has been a very silly thread, and most of it came from the OP. I felt Twilight Zone(ish) all along. Sort of like being on the BBS, where people who state that they are VERY knowledgeable insist that hacks cause virii (or is that viruses, I'm never sure.)

Messing with the registry in such a way is asking for trouble. Only a very ignorant (in the not knowing sense) person would conclude that everything is "okie dokie" because nothing happened right off the bat.
/me goes off to find old tapes of the Twilight Zone. She rather watches the real thing.

Viruses.  I think it's originally from a forth declension noun, so if we want to be pedantic Latin nerds, then the plural would be virus.

Viral orgies.

Thank you Quinctia. Viruses it is. I looked it up, and if Berkeley University finds 'viruses' to be it, then that's good enough for me. I get a tad confused (Latin is the only foreign language I was never very enthusiastic about in school :D). Cacti and Cactus, Hippopotami and Hippopotamus, etc. But then you have datum and data (no, not THAT Data). Sigh....



@ Zazazu
Do tell. And I do mean, do tell.
A viral orgy? Now that is very intriguing. And thought provoking, to say the least.

Viral Orgy reminds me either of a band name or a very wild party with HIV infected participants.

You mean, the one with the friend who had the revolutionary new way to move occupied lots between hoods, which might have worked if you were a rocket scientist in SimPE, but was likely just a new way to get a BFBVFS?  That one?  He's still kicking around somewhere, I think.  This one is about as single minded certainly, but can't seem to manage quoting (or finding the FAQ).  We are plagued by n00bs who hang around just to tell us (over and over) that we don't know why our advice does not apply to them specifically.

It does not learn, therefore it will die.  Axiomatic, I believe.

@veilchen: I love latin.  It's so marvellously obscure.  Unfortunately, most of my latin comes from either singing sacred music in a choir (which I still do), and from Asterix, of course.

I blame Microsoft. Using Windows too much can cause severe brain damage.

Personally, I find it ironic that the OP thinks she computer savvy enough to safely mess with the registry, when she can't even figure out how to use the quote button.  I find her posts confusing because she has copied and pasted other posters' remarks instead of quoting.

@jolrei: Hey, bud...psst...I stash pix like that at 4shared, and there's a link to my LOLstash there as well. :)

@Anyone: New freebies: music MP3s I got tired of mailing out each week to keep up with radio show listener beggzorz. Knock yourself out. Link in sig.

@Lucrezia (note correct spelling): this is our house, not yours. You don't get to make the rules. Pescado, the forum owner, makes the rules. Fit in by reading the goddamned FAQ.

Here's a helpful link to Posting 101 For N00bz: http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,8788.msg242389.html#msg242389.

Be polite when you want favours or advice from total strangers on a forum and use correct spelling or fuck off to another site with lower standards. We have enough idjits here already.

@Kyna, re: quote abuse: Well noted! Ha!

Yeah, I was going to say that earlier, but I'd cleared my cache, cookies, and history in the meantime (fighting with photobucket to add my Epic Fail lolsim to my album, stupid photobucket login's broken for me) and went away. Then it was yell at imbecile, make apt sexual comment? Hmm.

Viral orgies =the effect you get when one virus provides an entry for another by disabling your firewall. They pile up on each other and it gets really, truly messy and colorful.