The easy way:
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To remove all SecuROM™ related files please follow the instructions below. Before you start the uninstallation, close all programs which are running in the background.
The link below contains a tool which removes SecuROM:
http://www.securom.com/support/SecuROM_Uninstaller.zip
Please follow these steps:- Download the ZIP file
- Extract the application into a temporary folder
- Launch the application and follow the instructions.
A dialog box will appear. To start the SecuROM uninstallation, press the <Yes> button.
Note that you need administrator rights to run this uninstallation utility.
This uninstallation process will not remove the SecuROM DRM license information. Removing the license information would result in a lost activation. This uninstall process allows you to remove SecuROM-related files without losing a purchased software activation.
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To get rid of the corrupted reg entries however, you either need to use software as described above, or load the hive offline.
The reason the entries are corrupted and hard to remove is it contains information (key info) on how long you have had an application on your machine for example, or anything else having to do with a particular app. An example is an app says you can run it only for 30 days as a fully working demo. If you removed those keys from your registry, all a sudden you can run that same app again for 30 more days. This is why they make it hard to remove - they don't want you doing that.
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