Smonaff's works fine for me

  Worked 3 times for me, actually

Well, yeah... That goes without saying.

 MSU... never learned.. Uh.. isn't that  redundant?

 Now I'm starting to believe they changed the law after that class action was won, because I can not find any information about it. Curiouser and curiouser. I'll go through my paperwork this week and see if I can find the letter informing me of the back-up disc.

Edit: I may have been talking though my ass, because all I could find on line was:
  http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=365052&Main=356463
 Which is a copy of an Email someone received. It seems the reason the disc I received was due to the fact HP provided back up on the hard drive. I'll do more research, because I'm pretty sure the notice I received noted I had the right to request a back-up disc free of charge for any computer.

  The catch is, they don't have to tell you they have to supply the back-up disc. I can't find the letter I received that informed me that I ha the right to the back-up, therefore, no case number. I'll try to do some research adn get back to you on how to contact HP and insist on the back-up they "forgot to supply," But I do know you have to contact them with some secret code words or something silly like that. Then again, as trends have gone for Best Buy to sell you a back-up, they're not gonna tell you freely that you have the right to a free one.

 Just so you know, here in Michigan, US, they *have* to supply a disc. If not, they have to send you one *free of charge.* This I know, because I receive a "notice of settlement" and a restore disc 3 years (!) after I replaced the HP with a computer that actually worked.

Well.. what I usually do when I find something I don't recognize in my registry (re: OCD), I'll google it.. and not just check out the first hit on google. That usually lets you know what you've found in your registry .


Hopefully you typo-ed and meant "uaservice7.exe" If not, search for it again and get rid of it as noted. Remember,  it won't be there if you installed on your Master/Administrater account.

Another note: the "backweb." Find a safe way to get rid of it. Regardless of what anyone has ever told you about it, it is Evil, Forced Maulware. My HP machine had it so that HP could upload updates at their leisure. well.. it seamed to always be connecting to HP's site and using "downtime" on my access to put their bullshit on my computer. Get rid of it, it's evil. 

  The problem is, it's not the .exe that causes the problems, but the actual registry entries. "Turning off" the .exe will only disallow it to do  more harm, If you're not presently having problems and are too unsure about deleting the registry entries, and are using the NOCD, go ahead and take a leap of faith (I would still go ahead and disable the cmdlineext.exe file). If you're planning on "turning off" and expecting to go ahead and use the original TS2-.exe to start the game, I really don't think that would work as people have reported the original TS2-.exe is what allows it to "phone home" and/or re-establish the reg entries. Disabling the cmdlineext.exe file here may throw errors.
  Btu then again, I'm totally not awesome, and I'm just talkin' shit here.

Then, again, if you follow the first link:


not only will you get the link to RegDelNul, but the full instructions on how to remove the maulware SecuRom

Silly how that works, huh..?

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

Well, Obviously *you* didn't read, because this thread clearly states "How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW," and I was clearly stating your origional post :


 was vague and unacceptable and would normally be responded on this board with the reply that I threw.

 As your later posts elaborated on the subject, they would have been more acceptable, and you would have happily been pointed to the correct thread, which also tells you that not everyone is experiencing problems, only those of us that have programs/configurations that Sony has decided they don't like.

 And, as this is wandering off the subject, I'm going to drop it here.

Hmmm.. Not even going to bother pointing to them, cause anyone can simply read the first freaking page which clearly shows how to remove said maulware and also points to a few spots suggesting what said program can do to your system what other people have experienced. Of course, you want to be spoon-fed and to top it off praddle on in your follow-up post when someone calls you on your non-clear-ity of your first post.

<edit>: Goggle is your friend, too!
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecuROM

Result 1 of about 735,000 for securom.

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Oooh.. Do I get to make a  LURK MOAR POST?
  Had you actually read through, You'd have seen it's mentioned a few hundred times what it is, where to find more information on it, yadda. yadda, yadda. Scroll up just a few posts, and read. I know it's hard, and it makes the brain hurt, but it may help with your problem

<edit>: oops.. quoted the wrong post