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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
Ubi paid big money to Sony for SecuROM to protect its game. Unfortunately, it means that many can't even play Silent Hunter 4. Then why would SH4 install/run OK on Windows XP, but not on Windows 10 ?? Is this problem unique to Windows 10, or has it been there all along, but no one noticed ??On my computer I run a Microsoft improved task manager called Process Explorer. It is as innocuous as a calculator, having nothing whatever to do with game piracy.
So Mark Russonovich's programs found their way to the Sony blacklist. SecuROM, on the startup to the games protected by SecuROM, scans your memory for the presence of any programs on the blacklist. In our case, if it finds one you cannot run Silent Hunter 4.
That's only the beginning! Even on SH4UBM, where Ubi announced SecuROM was removed and wouldn't bother us, the scanner still works and if I'm running Microsoft Process Explorer SH4 will not run. Of course I can exit Process Explorer, start SH4UBM and immediately restart Process Explorer.
Interestingly, now it is Microsoft doing stupid malware tricks on its own Windows 7, automatically, without notice, knowledge or consent of its users "upgrading" millions of PCs to Windows 10.
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I 'think' I'm beginning to understand what's happening here. There is a 'scanning' sub-program (by Sony) called SecuROM, which is 'supposed' to keep folks from pirating Ubi's programs. . . and if it can't/won't run, SH4 can't install at all. I'm assuming here that SecuROM is the "Required Security Module that cannot be executed", which gives the Error 8016 so the install won't finish. Does that sound about right?
Neither SecuROM or [your] Process Explorer are running on my computer, according to the Task Manager - either as a 'Process' or a 'Service'. SecuROM 'may' try to run only during SH4 install, but 'WHAT' is keeping it from running??
Now that I understand WHAT is happening, the next question becomes WHAT DO I DO ABOUT IT? I've seen on other boards that SH4 + Windows 10 works just spiffy. Am I the 'only' one that is having this problem? If it works for others and it works OK with Windows XP, I should be able to get it installed and working. [Or have I been relegated to the backwater of the war as Cargo Officer on a supply ship?]
Once again, as mentioned in the original post, this is a brand-new computer. Windows 10 was installed (on an SSD HD) as the original OS - it was not upgraded from Windows 7 or Windows 8[.1]. Other than updating some of the ASRock, Intel and other drivers, almost nothing has been added (to the SYSTEM). Why won't it work?
Some of the other games I mentioned in the original post are even more video intensive than Silent Hunter IV, but I have been able to install and run the programs - not always without a hassle. The entire ANNO series is by Ubisoft, and installed and ran without a problem at all - all the games I have anyways; Anno 1404, 1503, 1602, and 1701. All the Anno series are very video intensive, and all are by Ubisoft.
Here is what systemrequirementslab.com says about the Intel HD 503 video capability:
Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
...........................Required............... ....You Have
Video RAM: 128 MB [256 reccommend]..... 4.0 GB
..........3D:..................Yes................ ..... Yes
Hardware T&L..............Yes..................... Yes
Pixel Shader version..... 2.0..................... 5.0
Vertex Shader version... 2.0..................... 5.0
'They say' it won't work for SH4, even though it meets (and greatly exceeds) all the requirements needed/recommended (as shown above).
game-debate.com says it will work just spiffy (the graphics get 2 stars, the CPU and RAM get 8 stars).
So, it 'should' work. The only thing I haven't tried is downloading a new SH4 from Direct2Drive (the v1.0, v1.3, v1.4 and the U-Boat missions). I've already paid for the game (and U-Boat), and D2D 'should' have my record.
This method
did work for Civilization II - I couldn't install it from the Install CD, and had to download a new one (for free) from
http://gamesnostalgia.com/en/game/sid-meiers-civilization-ii. Now runs without a hitch, although the problem was somewhat different (installed OK, but crashed when choosing your Civilization).
I really like to get back to sinking Japanese shipping. Anybody have a solution?
LtCdr Roger Dodger