Today, hardware virtualization is getting more and more serious and popular. (See the new x86/x64 CPU's with built in virtualization support.) Running a game off a disk image file, rather than a physical disk, is also one form of hardware virtualization. And unlike the other forms, it makes execution actually even faster!

Starforce cracking
 

Is there a way to stop a driver from being installed? Could you create your own driver and have it scan or blacklist the starforce driver? The whole reason starforce works is because of the privileges it gets from having low level drivers installed. There must be a way to stop drivers from installing. The driver mess is exactly why windows sucks and malware can have its way with our computers. Rootkits and underhanded crap run rampant on windows machines. If my program could be installed with driver access I could have my way with anyones computer 2.

NEVER LAUNCH the Starforce-protected game (you can find out the protection with latest version of ProtectionID and/or A-Ray Scanner), and then the damn drivers won't get installed. But you won't be able to play the game either, unless you have a no-CD/DVD patch (not a mini/maxi/full image!). ;)

Some people on this forum already stated that they buy a game only when a confirmedly working no-CD/DVD patch is available.