Just my luck that I am one with problem.
I can mount the CD-Rom images, and I can use my CD Rom drives.
But when I try to run one of these programs that use the Virtual cd rom drives, they crash.
I just tried running Scrapland to play, did not update any protections.
I removed primary IDE Channel and Secondary IDE CHannel and rebooted machine.
I can run HL2 from DVD drive no problem, same with Sims 2, X2 The Threat,Office 2003 install,Rise of Nations, Spell force..I have a lot of purchase games with original CDs that work.
The problem is once software like Need For Speed UNderground 2 tries to access the Virtual CD Rom, whether it is Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools, these programs crash, no error message from program itself, just an Exception Error from Windows.
I can even read and install programs from the Mounted drives if I make CD Images, I just cannot then run the program from the hard disk, using the Mounted drive as a source for the CD-Rom.
It seems that in trying to get around StarForce protection, have found a perfect way to block people from using popular CD Emulation programs to run protected software from the Hard Disk?
What else could I try to fix this?