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Safedisc does work in Windows 10

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BuckoA51 (talkcontribs)

Information on SafeDisc is incorrect, it works fine in Windows 10, it's SecuROM that doesn't work.

BuckoA51 (talkcontribs)

Actually maybe I have this ass backwards, but I just tried Prisoner of Azkaban and it worked fine.

Aemony (talkcontribs)

Yeah, you had that backwards, as mentioned on the bullet below SecuROM.

Microsoft blocked the kernel driver that SafeDisc relied upon (secdrv.sys). They didn't block anything related to SecuROM (which doesn't even rely on kernel drivers to begin with, it seems).

This is not an uncommon misunderstanding either, as it all has its origin back to a Microsoft representative whom misspoke during an interview. You can see a breakdown of the whole situation here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/bt6igw/is_gog_selling_fear_with_active_securom_drm/eov1xqn/

Edit: It's possible your disc based copy of Prisoner of Azkaban does not rely on SafeDisc, or that even older versions of SafeDisc is still working and have no dependency on the secdrv.sys kernel driver that Microsoft blocked, of course.

BuckoA51 (talkcontribs)

Is that old tool A-ray scanner still around? I could try and scan the disc see if it's using SafeDisc or not, maybe EU versions used a different protection?