SecuROM?
MoronStyle7:
What is SecuROM?
(This is not a spam I really mean it!)
jamesabrown1:
It is a copyright protection system encoded into CDs that logs into the Windows registry and prevents unlicensed copies of a disk to be made. The problem is that with software, such as a game, it has a limit number for installations. That limit is not reset if you unistall and re-install, so you could find yourself unable to re-install at some point. However, this seems to be a problem with the newer version of Securom, not the older. So avoid the FT patch, if you can. It comes in the patch, the game CD has the older version.
jamesabrown1:
That was a bit brief and simplified, but you get the idea. It's all about copyright protection.
MoronStyle7:
I have installed the FT patch, but I'm not using the CD cause its lost.
DOHC46:
This SecuROM program is far more insideous than a simple DRM. It actually installs a file on your hard drive that you cannot see. This program is not removed by simply un-installing the game it was associated with, and will linger on your computer. It's most interesting feature is that it can, and has, fragged hard-drives because it didn't like what was on it, and has (more commonly) corrupted the machines' whole OS (Operating System, such as Windows XP, or Windows Vista) and permanently disabled CD drives and printers. Those functions cannot be restored when that happens except by a complete reformat and re-install of the OS. I don't know about anyone else, but it sounds like I've just described a virus. It is a fact that SecuROM is not as begnin as EA claims. I have enough worries about viruses coming in from the internet on my PC without having to worry about them coming as part of a game program, too! I'm not buying anything with the new SecuROM V7, which is the most evil version, yet.
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