Originally posted by: gorobei
Umm.
I installed the demo, but there's no sign of SecuRom in appdata or registry. The machine running it is W2K. What's going on here?
Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: gorobei
Umm.
I installed the demo, but there's no sign of SecuRom in appdata or registry. The machine running it is W2K. What's going on here?
I couldn't find it either.
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
I do not think that SecuROM is in the BioShock STEAM demo, I am basing my information on whether the BioShock (nonsteam) demo has it based on websites and what other users are saying. It is possible that 2K games removed it from the demo, I do not know. If you have installed the BioShock demo that did not come from steam, run rootkit revealer and see if it picks up SecuROM. If it does not, then do tell what the date on the download was or if there was a version change.
You two playing the STEAM demo? It should not have it.
Originally posted by: Zbox
The Steam demo refuses to run if process explorer is open...
Post a screen shot of it and I will take a look.There are 4 items that show up.
The 2k Games FAQ for the game even addresses this issue, stating: "SecuROM DOES NOT USE any root kit technology in its implementation. SecuROM Product Activation does place a folder and registry keys on your system. These folders are used only for storage of license information and information to assist with disc authentication. Please do not modify or delete these files. Tampering with these files may result in authentication issues."
Systems like SecuROM attempt to defeat common modes of piracy, but are indeed loathsome to gamers, as they quite often cause problems for legitimate users who have paid full fare for their games. They also make it difficult for gamers to move game data to a hard drive for easier play and quicker access.
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: gorobei
Umm.
I installed the demo, but there's no sign of SecuRom in appdata or registry. The machine running it is W2K. What's going on here?
I couldn't find it either.
I do not think that SecuROM is in the BioShock STEAM demo, I am basing my information on whether the BioShock (nonsteam) demo has it based on websites and what other users are saying. It is possible that 2K games removed it from the demo, I do not know. If you have installed the BioShock demo that did not come from steam, run rootkit revealer and see if it picks up SecuROM. If it does not, then do tell what the date on the download was or if there was a version change.
You two playing the STEAM demo? It should not have it.
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
[*]I am angry about this DRM in games
- Vote with your wallet and do not buy the game and just live without it.
Originally posted by: nova2
go for it.
compare
http://www.metacritic.com/game...forms/xbox360/bioshock
and
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/bioshock
Originally posted by: nova2
"bee said: the worst incarnation of SecuROM"
whats so bad about bioshocks securom version? (i do not mean the 5x5 activation limit)
I see people hating on it but I haven't seen any good reasons why.