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[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by jazman

Next: what happens when I need to upgrade my computer? Is my "activation" portable to my new install? I ask because I just did an OS reinstall, but my machine is long in the tooth.

You have the activation key that was provided when purchased? Then yes, you should be able to load the game to the new OS.

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by MarkShot

RR,

So, did you boycott SH3 due to SF? I did until October of last year. Finally, after buying it, it was necessary to disinfect it in order to run it safely.

Well, I'll buy from Europe, but I fully understand and support you position.

I was a holdout on SH3 for almost a year. Then when I tried it I found that for some reason Starforce didn't interfere with my stuff, not even Daemon Tools. It also doesn't care about Microsoft Sysinternals Utilities.

@Neal: SecuROM has been much worse for me. I found that it produces files on your machine with illegal character names, so you cannot delete them. It has no uninstall procedure, except for outside utilities. It keeps innocent Microsoft software from running simply because the author of that software is Mark Russinovich, not because it is potentially harmful or could be used to steal SH4. Process Explorer is as harmful as Disk Defrag or hard drive read/write procedures written into Windows. Enditall does the same thing: shows running processes and lets you kill them, but isn't attacked by SecuROM.

The worst thing about SecuROM is its owner: Sony, a company without morals or respect for its customers. Sony's infamous rootkit still cripples hundreds of thousands of computers all over the world. SecuROM continues Sony's policy of sneering at its customers and daring them not to like it. Ubi is the biggest victim here. We can simply avoid the problem.

As I posted, it is manageable as things now stand. I just wonder what Sony's next move is. It won't be nice. Hopefully they're too involved with getting triple the fair price for high def DVD players to work on a new SecuROM. They did that courtesy of a $400 million payoff to Warner Brothers to lock out their competition. We helped finance that strongarm maneuver and I don't feel good about that. Al Capone was an angel compared to these guys at Sony. Robber barons they are.

I'm gonna go sink something and drop it. Not coming back to this thread. Still can't find the head in the U-Boat. Are you sure Germans use bathrooms?:rotfl:

[d@rk51d3]

[quote=Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by MarkShot

I'm gonna go sink something and drop it. Not coming back to this thread. Still can't find the head in the U-Boat. Are you sure Germans use bathrooms?:rotfl:

Sooooo, THAT'S why people say I'm full of $*it!

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm gonna go sink something and drop it. Not coming back to this thread. Still can't find the head in the U-Boat. Are you sure Germans use bathrooms?:rotfl:

Sounds like a plan.