How to get around securom 7?

[nodvad]

I've tried everything and i can't seem to get around it.

curerom,antiblaxx,daemon,and antiblah don't workon it.

[RincewindTheWiz]

I had the same problem with Stronghold 2 patch 1.3.1. In the end, I just had to disable the IDE channel of my dvdrom drive in Device Manager. It's weird but that did the trick. What game are you trying to run ?

[nodvad]

I'm trying to run Winning eleven 9 liveware evolution.

[RincewindTheWiz]

Is that a pc game ? It comes up as a PS/2 title on Google. And if it is a PS/2 game, does it really use S7 ?

[Muji-FightR]

I think it is already released in Japan ? Isnt it Pro Evo over there ? Dunno

[karljb]

I am having a similar problem with Securom 7 on Heroes of might and magic V. i have tried all the programs nodvad has tried. I have the DVD version.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

[karljb]

Sorry Rincewind i didnt read your post properly earlier. I have not tried disabling the ide channel. I have a cd writer and a dvd writer should i disable them both? could someone advise me how to establish which Ide channels i need to disable and how to disable them please.

[Zulu]

sorry, wrong post; mods, please delete

I have seen a usb to ide 2,5", 3,5" 5,25" hard disk and CD DVDRW adapter @ ebay.

Maybe this helps with all the starforce protected games an generally with all the unplugging work u have.


Here is the US-Link
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-to-Exter...QQcmdZViewItem

[RincewindTheWiz]

Go to Device Manager and disable any ide channel (primary/secondary) that has an optical drive on it (dvdrom/cdrom/writer). Ofcourse if you also have your main hard drive on the same channel as an optical drive (for example hard disk is Master and writer is Slave on Primary) then you have to move the optical drive. By disabling the ide channel, Securom won't find the drive. If Securom finds any ide optical drive, it will insist that you use that one instead of any virtual (scsi) cd drive. You could also try disabling the optical drive itself in the device manager, I haven't tried that.

This "trick" once used to work for Starforce too, but they quickly closed that loophole. I couldn't get Stronghold 2 1.3.1 to work with any version of Securom Loader, AntiBlaxx or CureROM. I was a bit surprised that disabling the IDE channel did work. It may or may not work for your game, just try it out.