Oh, Furbsnizzle!! SecuROM Ate My Computer's Innards! My Game Is FUBAR! What NOW?

[sims2_snapshots]

If you wandered into the EA Sims 2 BBS lately (why?!), you may or may not have seen a bajillion posts with ALLCAPS and lots of exclamation marks bemoaning the fact that Sony's crappy copy protection program, SecuROM, was installed with Bon Voyage. Actually, H&M, Celebrations, Sims 2 Deluxe and (I believe) Pet Stories also had SecuROM, but SecuROM

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[redqueenofevil]

Thanks for posting this. I haven't had time to read all the threads, but I know that people are being difficult on the Sims 2 site. I was appalled at the behaviors exhibited by the mods there.

I haven't had trouble so far, but having ANY crap from Sony on my computer pisses me off to no end. Sony is evil beyond evil, and I refuse to use their products. Thus, PS2, PS3, PSP, etc, not to mention SONY artists are all banned from my house. Until they can clean up their act, and stop treating us like crimminals, they don't deserve my money.

/rant.

[rumantic]

This has happened before, believe it or not (Not too difficult really)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal

[floopyboo]

Through good luck & good management, I have avoided infesting my computer with securom! (insert happy shimmy of joy here)

How I did it:

Install bv. Do not load the game. remove disc from drive & store it somewhere saqfe - like the freezer.

download cd-free hack. follow instructions that come with it.

delete current bv desktop icon thingy. create new shortcut from the exe.

frack around with the shortcut so it now goes to windowed mode (I don't know if this made a difference, but fuck, if it did you should know)

And this is how I stand before you, proudly scurom-free. For now. :D

[floopyboo]

I hate my keyboard.