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LadyAnnabellOfGlenmore · 11-06-2008, 01:41 PM

...unless EA removes SecuRom from all Sims products and aplogizes for causing so much trouble to loyal, honest, paying customers who used to support them.

THAT'S MY LAST WORD {cursing}

Paul · 11-06-2008, 03:07 PM

There's a SecuRom removal kit, so you can still buy them! Smile

LadyAnnabellOfGlenmore · 11-06-2008, 03:50 PM

That's good news but I want them to remove it. It's a matter of justice and respect now. If they respect their customers (or at least their customer's money) then they are not going to continue with this insult.

Paul · 11-06-2008, 04:10 PM

Agreed.

Though I've never had an EP or patch with SecuROM I'd be pretty annoyed to register it every 10 days.

Jack Kaur · 11-06-2008, 08:22 PM

what exactley is SecuROM ?

LadyAnnabellOfGlenmore · 12-06-2008, 09:00 AM

(11-06-2008 08:22 PM)Jack Kaur link Wrote:what exactley is SecuROM ?

secuRom is some sort of copy protection

generally i have no problem with that. i don't have to back up my game cds but secuRom has been causing problems lately and too often troubled users ended up with a trashed computer that required a complete setup.

in addition the newest, yet to come, secuRom version will probably require you to validate your game online every 10 days. now that is incredibly annoying and problematic for people who have no internet connection on their game computers (not too uncommon) and if you haven't played your game for longer than two weeks (hey people go on holiday!) it will be inactivated and then you can call (at your cost of course) the game company (and maybe pay) to get a re-activation key. but you may only do that up to three times.

after that you may buy a new game. hooray. and they really wonder why people don't like secuRom? the ironic things it's not the game crackers that have problems with it. the crack, i understand is ready, but it's the paying customers!!! >:-( so stupid!

secuRom is included in the newest Freetime patch, in Sims Stories Castaway and will be included in The Sims3 (very likely they will use the new, very aggressive version of SecuRom - Brace yourself this will cause problems if you have even so much as an ordinary burn program like Nero installed on your gaming computer)

mythmonster2 · 12-06-2008, 08:12 PM

Hasn't securom been removed from the Sims 3 so you don't have to register every 10 days? Or was that Spore?

heather · 12-06-2008, 09:46 PM

(11-06-2008 04:10 PM)Supergeek saves the world! link Wrote:Agreed.

Though I've never had an EP or patch with SecuROM I'd be pretty annoyed to register it every 10 days.

Yes you have. It is in every EP and SP they sell, and it is a pain in the neck to get rid of it all the time.

Paul · 12-06-2008, 09:48 PM

Well, it's not in mine because I haven't had to register.

heather · 17-06-2008, 09:27 AM

(12-06-2008 09:48 PM)~I save Ramen for eternity so HA!~ link Wrote:Well, it's not in mine because I haven't had to register.

SecureRom installs itself along with the game. As far as I know it has nothing to do with registering.
I found it on my computer, after it stopped me using my legal copy of Nero.