What's your take on Securom?
roger9:
I forgot to mention one thing I think is important. I asked for Windows XP on my new computer instead of Vista. I hear the problems in Vista only complicate the problems in SecuROM. Also, The BV CD disc, on startup, asks me frequently to use the original game disc instead of the backup disc. I don't have a backup disc. I just take the game disc out of the drive & reinsert it at a different angle. SecuROM never asks twice. I also want to tell people reading this, I hate people who steal intellectual property, that is artistic designs & writing & computer programs. I have had furniture designs stolen from me in my design career & I know the pain. Have a look at this site. http://securom.sublimesims.net/smf/index.php It is a pretty scary place to visit but they seem to have a serious attitude. Roger9
MaryH:
Roger-I hope you're not serious about SAS being a "scary place to visit"..we're trying to make sense of SecuRom, and not scare everyone to death. We've tried very hard to make it as friendly and inviting as possible for everyone to read our threads, join the fight and to have a little fun.
True, SecuRom is a very bad thing-but we're trying to change EA's attitude about their customers and their pain.
But you do have a point-come and visit us if you would like the "other side's " facts about this program and its issues.
roger9:
to:mary-- I think what I read about SecuROM on the SAS site is 'scary' in as much as people are claiming sustained damage to their hardware & software programs after loading Sims2 Bon Voyage w. SecuROM protection. I think the SAS site is a good idea-- it's good to examine what SecuROM does to people's computers & let the general public know whether this is a real threat to the average computer's ops system by an over-zealous programmer at EA trying to protect their intellectual property from being stolen & used by other game design groups or-- you still with me?-- just a greedy program you can unload & everything in your system will be OK again. To deelicious1920: From what I've read, SecuROM is a piracy protection program that Electronic Arts has included w. Sims2 Bon Voyage, one of the Fashion Packs for Sims2 (I can't remember which off-hand) & every program since then including Free Style. People have claimed that, after loading BV or Free Style, they cannot burn CD's & other programs on their computer have been altered. I suggest you visit Mary's SAS site w. web addy above to get more info. Roger9.
Tigger68:
I would hope that I am not alone in this, but I have Vista and a brand new machine. I had a graphics and gaming computer built and with all the EP's and SP's installed, I still have not had any issues.
My CD stays in the ROM as I am terrified of it getting scratches and I am always connected to the internet. My husband is an IT, so if there were something going on, he would be the first to hear about it from me ... LOL.
As to the burning of DVD's, no problem there either. I have a Light Scribe burner that burns images into the CD / DVD ... I have 2 year old twin neices and am always burning their photos (gawds there are so many) and the video's that we record of them fro mthe camcorder.
I hope that my results will help to calm some of you, I am sorry if others don't agree. I'm not trying to tell anyone anything, except that I have no issues. Best of wishes to all.
hiiammregg:
what is securom?
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