Jenesis
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Motherboard | MSI K9N Diamond nForce 590 |
Cooling | Akasa Evo w/ 2 fans, blue LEDs |
Memory | 4GB 667MHz |
Video Card(s) | Innovision 320MB 8800GTS OC Edition |
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Case | XClio A380 Twin Engine |
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Power Supply | Corsair HX620W Modular PSU |
Software | Vista Ultimate x64, Photoshop CS2, MathCAD 13, MS Office 2007 |
Alrighty, I admit it, I'm a Sims 2 fan. I have all the expansion packs so far but I've avoided the product-placement-happy-sellout "Stuff Packs".
Anyhow, the new expansion, Bon Voyage, looks really fun. I'd love to get it; however, it comes with SecuROM. We all know how awful this "anti-piracy" software is; which has led to many lawsuits against Sony, thousands of optical disk drives becoming inoperable and more than a few HDDs that needed reformatting. However, not everyone seems to have this problem; I can't guess at the proportions, but for some users their game, their optical drives and everything else works fine.
Is it worth having SecuROM on my machine if it means I can have Bon Voyage? Is there any way to stop SecuROM acting like a rootkit malware program?
(Note: EA say "SecuROM is not spyware, malware, or any other kind of 'ware that would extract personal information from your PC. This is a highly recommended product developed by Sony DADC." Hmm, well of course it's highly recommended, they made it.)
Anyhow, the new expansion, Bon Voyage, looks really fun. I'd love to get it; however, it comes with SecuROM. We all know how awful this "anti-piracy" software is; which has led to many lawsuits against Sony, thousands of optical disk drives becoming inoperable and more than a few HDDs that needed reformatting. However, not everyone seems to have this problem; I can't guess at the proportions, but for some users their game, their optical drives and everything else works fine.
Is it worth having SecuROM on my machine if it means I can have Bon Voyage? Is there any way to stop SecuROM acting like a rootkit malware program?
(Note: EA say "SecuROM is not spyware, malware, or any other kind of 'ware that would extract personal information from your PC. This is a highly recommended product developed by Sony DADC." Hmm, well of course it's highly recommended, they made it.)