And yup, gotta agree about the immature blast, people have different tastes, and little girls like barbie. Odd i could swear i saw 2.80 one knocking about publically, 2.90 isnt really that much different than the others, just a little bit more checking on the ccc's and so on. “Everything that ran in Windows 7 should also run in Windows 10. So what can be done about this, and what is Microsoft playing? Don’t Blame Microsoft First off, it isn’t really appropriate to blame the immense technology giant on this occasion., Microsoft’s Boris Schneider-Johne explained how the decision to remove support for these retro titles is a result of making the operating system more secure. Which workaround will you be using? Tell us in the comments. NOTE: In some cases it is better to use the CD-Writer as Source CD-Reader as it is usually better able to read unreadable sectors.Īs we’ve discovered, the inability to play a huge selection of retro games in Windows 10 is due to legacy restrictions with DRM, rather than Microsoft causing users problems for the hell of it. We don’t know if that’s still possible with Windows 10 or if they simply didn’t care about it.” SafeDisc relies on the SECDRV.SYS file, which isn’t present in Windows 10, and attempts to import and run it in the new OS have failed. Microsoft should have migrated the existing software since Windows 8. Asked for their opinion concerning its removal from Windows 10, developers: “Safedisc DRM hasn’t been supported for a few years now, and the driver has consequently not been updated for some time. Was there a patch or a 'simple' system to over come this KB3086255? I can start and play using the exe.file.īack in the mid-2000s, by hackers. Sorry been busy packing and moving to China. Full game downloads without DRM can be found at places like and.Īnd just for the record, I am not particularly computer-literate either. Options to correct this issue: 1 - The first and best option would be to download a copy of Civilization 3 without the DRM protection.

Additionally, with the September 2015 Windows Security Update KB3086255, the service has also been disabled on older Windows OSs (Vista, 7, 8, 8.1), causing these games to no longer run on these systems either.

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