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Sims 2 Blocked by CD Copying Software

Posted by Zonk on from the sims-or-cds dept.

bairy writes "EA says The Sims 2 will refuse to run if you have Nero, CloneCD or Roxio's EasyCD installed on the same PC. Although they link to a patch to bypass this, a lot of people are upset by this."

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  1. Roxio's EasyCD? by sgant · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Um...that came with my wife's Gateway machine. It's not like we copied some "l33t" CD copy program hack. It fricken CAME with the machine!

    What up? Then they list a patch that will bypass it anyway? What up? Why did they even include it in the first place?

    Again, what up?

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  2. Not the only one by hawkbug · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Have you tried to play Far Cry yet? The game came free with a brand new video card I bought, the eVGA Nvidia Geforce 6800, and after I installed it and then patched it to version 1.1, it refused to load. It said something about detecting drive imaging software on my machine, and it said it would not load until said software was removed. I can't tell you how much that ticked me off. So, rather than uninstall the cd copying software because I NEED IT FOR LEGIMATE PURPOSES, I simply found a crack for the program I legally own, and was forced to use it. It's just wrong. There needs to be a class action law suit, I'd even help spring for the lawyer.