Alone In The Dark (2008) - NO DISCUSSION OF CRACKS!!!

[omni555]

OK, please forgive me in advance if I am being particularly dense and not understanding what I have read in this thread.

I purchased AitD a while ago (boxed retail DVD), installed it, activated it, and ran it. I played it briefly several times with no problems. I have been trying ever since to set things so that I could put away the DVD and continue to play the game. Here is what I have done so far...

1) Downloaded the No-DVD/Fixed Image File Archive from GCW and extracted the 2 files to a folder

2) Upgraded my DT to the latest version

3) Downloaded and installed Nero DriveSpeed 3.0

4) Downloaded and installed Y.A.S.U. v1.4.7080

5) Re-booted the computer

6) Ran DT and mounted the image file from GCW for AitD

7) Ran Nero DS and set the read speed of the drive the image was mounted in to 1x

8) Ran Y.A.S.U. and clicked on "Cloak" (got the response "SecuROM 7.x: 1 device(s) successfully cloaked")

9) Clicked on the desktop icon to start the game.

10) Was greeted after a few seconds with the message "Conflict with Emulation Software detected."

After this, I put the DVD in the drive and created a new image, which I saved to a different folder. I again rebooted the computer and tried running the game using the steps outlined above with the new image.

Is this a problem that I can resolve, or is this just not going to work for me??? I am at the point now where getting this game to run without the disk is more of a challenge than the game itself!