Remove Starforce!
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SundaY




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 10:57    Post subject: Remove Starforce!
Codmaster had some problems with starforce so they released a removal of Starforce...
http://www.codemasters.co.uk/downloads/displayfiles.php?showdetails=13989
Can anyone who has a bin/iso of the game confirm if this helps?

EDIT:
This is for Toca Race Driver 2
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manjas




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 11:09    Post subject:
As stated: "This tool provides automatic uninstallation of StarForce drivers and removes all StarForce registry keys from the system."

It's true, they're all removed... then, you try to run the game again and the Starforce drivers will be re-installed.


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Thehaunted




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 11:27    Post subject:
manjas wrote:
As stated: "This tool provides automatic uninstallation of StarForce drivers and removes all StarForce registry keys from the system."

It's true, they're all removed... then, you try to run the game again and the Starforce drivers will be re-installed.



i think i dont understand....
whats the use of this removal tool?
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Bet




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 11:34    Post subject:
Thehaunted wrote:

i think i dont understand....
whats the use of this removal tool?


People have been having...issues, with Starforce being left on their system and causing major USB screwups, even after a game has been uninstalled. This is just Codemasters covering their ass, in case someone loses their portfolio while transferring from a USB hard drive or some such. What NEEDS to be done is having this kind of removal tool in the game uninstaller itself. Apparently the publishers, already having spent the money on the copy protection, don't want to pay the extra few cents per copy to integrate the uninstall tool into the main uninstaller.

Hell, most publishers don't even acknowledge that there is a problem, and you have to go through Starforce's convoluted tech support, in the vain hope that they'll send you the removal tool. There are some third-party mirrors, but not many...
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swebarb




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 15:47    Post subject:
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Mutantius
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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 16:00    Post subject:
Starforce is a big bug in the Game community..


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xxxRIPTERxxx




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 16:08    Post subject:
starforce=installs things u dont know about... its like illegal, think they prob gona have to ban that protection if enough people complain.. and WE all should hehe
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5zymon




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 16:21    Post subject:
xxxRIPTERxxx wrote:
starforce=installs things u dont know about... its like illegal, think they prob gona have to ban that protection if enough people complain.. and WE all should hehe


yeahh don`t count on that Mad Sad ...i wonder, maybe this could be at least a little help for groups to crack starforce..i don`t know anything about cracks...but..who knows?
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l0newolf




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 17:12    Post subject:
holy shit.
thanks for that thing
it actually fixed the problems i was having with my mouse, i thought it was the mouse that was broke but appearantly it was starforce related, goddamn, i had no clue.
also, they couldn't even get the date right on their patch, it sais june 12 2003.
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AJ-




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 17:14    Post subject:
Its nothing new. There was a StarForce3 removal tool on Gangland and another Dreamcatcher game that used StarForce.

It just wipes out the registry keys and removes the hidden dll's etc that are probbly placed in the Windows directory.

As said above, as soon as you run the game again, it installs fresh StarForce3 drivers.
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PoppyFiend




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Location: Massachusetts, USA
PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 19:03    Post subject:
Yea, the tool has been out since before CM released one. I personally never had any computer problems with SF installed on my computer. You can see if they are on your computer by going into the Device Manager and viewing hidden devices and they will show under the "Non Plug and Play Drivers". You can also find SF removal by just punching "sfclean.exe" into any search engine.
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snoop1050
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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 19:58    Post subject:
Quote:
starforce=installs things u dont know about... its like illegal, think they prob gona have to ban that protection if enough people complain.. and WE all should hehe

money talks, bullshit consumers walk
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$ilent$uicide




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PostPosted: Sun, 13th Jun 2004 21:53    Post subject:
Or you can just go here.... right from the horses ASS, err i mean mouth! Very Happy


http://www.codemasters.co.uk/support/findpatches.php?showdetails=13989


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Thehaunted




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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Jun 2004 01:19    Post subject:
thax Bet...
it sounded strange that codemasters had provided us a crack LOOL
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Kondor




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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Jun 2004 01:26    Post subject:
It's not really a crack, but rather a way to remove un-needed files after you are done with the game...
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JBrow
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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Jun 2004 08:23    Post subject:
Kondor wrote:
It's not really a crack, but rather a way to remove un-needed files after you are done with the game...


un-needed files = SF

-JB
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Thehaunted




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PostPosted: Mon, 14th Jun 2004 12:28    Post subject:
Kondor wrote:
It's not really a crack, but rather a way to remove un-needed files after you are done with the game...


exactly what i meant Wink

its impossible codemasters give us a tool to remove SF....it must have another use (the use you said)
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cinkciarz18




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PostPosted: Tue, 15th Jun 2004 18:46    Post subject:
If it works please post replay Twisted Evil
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