• Windows update disables Safedisc DRM for Vista, 7 and 8
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[url]http://www.pcgamesn.com/windows-update-disables-safedisc-drm-for-vista-7-and-8[/url]
welp. so now only pirates can play those? nais.
[QUOTE=Psygo;48750477]welp. so now only pirates can play those? nais.[/QUOTE] The article says there is a workaround by just manually starting the service that the update disables.
Good riddance, maybe this will force the publishers to release official patches to remove that shitty DRM from their games.
Was going to reply why this is actually a good update then I found this thanks PCGN commenter [quote=AnAuldWolf]Securom was more than a touch rootkit-y. I can't remember if it was one of those that installed itself with RING0 access like Starforce, but it probably was. Hack into that? Gain access to all that can be accessed, going above and beyond what the poor computer's owner has access to. I've always said that cracks are more safe and trustworthy from a computer security perspective than DRM. Some DRM (like Steam) is harmless. Other forms of it can be the equivalent of putting your computer through a blender. Not something you'd want to do?? The amusing part here, though, is that Microsoft themselves are admitting this. This is basically MS saying that you're safer and better off getting a crack from, say, a trustworthy torrent or Usenet than you are with the DRM. Which, really, has been my issue with DRM from day one. It's not so bad so long as it doesn't have the potential to deck your computer like Zangief after going on a bender. Sadly, most forms of DRM DO have that potential.[/quote]
That has been known for quite some time. Which is why I just avoided games with that type of DRM.
I would hope any game with those two drm schemes would eventually be on gog, but then why would a compan y that installed essentially spyware on your computer ever consider consumers being able to run their game legally?
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