Sims 2 - Bon Voyage suddenly says my original is a "backup"

[databanks]

I've tried the fix suggested at MTS2 - change the shortcut target to the EP instead of the launcher. No luck. It's rather insulting, having a game tell you it's a burnt copy when you can see it's the 3 week old original CD sitting in the drive tray. Any one think maybe that's a good reason to try a noCD patch or would whatever is causing the error still be there? Most of my older games I just grab a patch & put the original away anyway - saves accidental scratches etc (all it takes is dropping it by mistake).
I'm a bit irritated with the game as it was working just fine only 24 hours ago.

[acal3000]

It gives me the impression that maybe the game orginal exe is conflicting wth some emulation software since you said worked before

[Luciel]

try turning off all emulation software you might have running (daemon tools, alcohol, etc...)

[TippeX]

whats the exact message?

[maylat]

SecuRom version of WiC 1.001 is 07.34.0014 same as sims 2 bon voyage new patch DT and yasu are BL and no crack yet so secuom leads 2 - 0 now hahhahah

[databanks]

Well here's the odd thing - what emulation software? I'm not using any. No deamons, nothing. It was just a flat install from original, 3 week old EA-factory CDs that ran for a while then told me :

Please insert the original instead of a backup (1000)

bit of a PITA if you ask me - copy protection that thinks an original is a pirate. Gave up in the end, downloaded a crack. Insane that to be able to play a game I've bought, I have to install something a noCD crack. hrm I feel like taking a photo of the bloody error message with all the Sims2 CDs leaning against the monitor & posting it to EA. Not that they'd pay any attention.

[TippeX]

hmm that msg doesnt imply virtual drives, it implies the disk is not original, possibly atip check etc.. are you 100% sure you dont have a backup disk in another drive, that securom might be seeing?.... if you do have a copy of the game legitimately (and i have no reason to doubt you), then why not contact securom (or the games) technical support, instead of this forum.. that would be the better course of action..

[Muyfa666]

As a owner to a legitimate copy, you are always entitled to official support from the publisher and likely also from securom. As far as I know there are no 100% working fixes for Sims 2, but I may be wrong?