NR2003 Securom patch....

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Thanks for the heads up also available here ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/nr2003/updates/nr2003_1201_fix.zip Steve

"Steve Whitty" <stev_mazz at optusnet dot com dot au> wrote in news:3f884e3a$0$8036$[email hidden]: > ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/nr2003/updates/nr2003_1201_fix.zip uhmmm what does it do? dh

For some guys the patch would cause a spinning disc icon(the copy protection) for ages and then game would fail to start. The Securom protection had been tightened for the patch. Other games have been affected. This apparently fixes the problem. Steve "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "Steve Whitty" <stev_mazz at optusnet dot com dot au> wrote in > news:3f884e3a$0$8036$[email hidden]: > > > ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/nr2003/updates/nr2003_1201_fix.zip > > uhmmm what does it do? > > dh

"Steve Whitty" <stev_mazz at optusnet dot com dot au> wrote in news:3f88a298$0$14428$[email hidden]:

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> For some guys the patch would cause a spinning disc icon(the copy > protection) for ages and then game would fail to start. The Securom > protection had been tightened for the patch. Other games have been > affected. This apparently fixes the problem. > > Steve >

And here I thought Sierra had seen the error of their ways and was bypassing the Copy Protection. Geez...what a Sucker I am eh? dave henrie

Dave Henrie wrote:

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> "Steve Whitty" <stev_mazz at optusnet dot com dot au> wrote in > news:3f88a298$0$14428$[email hidden]: > > >>For some guys the patch would cause a spinning disc icon(the copy >>protection) for ages and then game would fail to start. The Securom >>protection had been tightened for the patch. Other games have been >>affected. This apparently fixes the problem. >> >>Steve >> > > And here I thought Sierra had seen the error of their ways and was > bypassing the Copy Protection. Geez...what a Sucker I am eh?

That has been the favorite strategy in the media business for years now. Piss and moan about the pirates, piss off the remaining paying customers by introducing useless "protection", then piss and moan some more because after a while even those honest customers stop buying crippled products... Biting the hands that (still) feed them. l8er ronny

Why DO they continue to waste man-hours on this nonsense when they know damned well it doesn't do any good. If any company ever charted the cost involved vs. the actual, net benefit I suspect some project managers would be fired on the spot. Larry "Steve Whitty" <stev_mazz at optusnet dot com dot au> wrote in message news:3f88a298$0$14428$[email hidden]...

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> For some guys the patch would cause a spinning disc icon(the copy > protection) for ages and then game would fail to start. The Securom > protection had been tightened for the patch. Other games have been > affected. This apparently fixes the problem. > > Steve > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > "Steve Whitty" <stev_mazz at optusnet dot com dot au> wrote in > > news:3f884e3a$0$8036$[email hidden]: > > > > > ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/nr2003/updates/nr2003_1201_fix.zip > > > > uhmmm what does it do? > > > > dh > >