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I am having a similiar problem. A friend loaned me a game on CD to download
and play, but it is not recognized in the drive. I placed one of my regualr
CD's in and it began to install, then immediately tried the game CD and
nothing happened. So, I read about the End User Agreement and different PC's
and household's and think that is my problem. Any hints or suggestions you
may have are welcome.
"RobertVA" wrote:
> tammy wrote:
>
> > when I install games that I have bought, it installs fine. Then, everytime I
> > try to play the games, it says I have to install the cd in the disk drive. Is
> > there a way to override this so that I don't have to install the disc
> > everytime? I have also borrowed cds from friends who do not have that problem
> > on their computers. It is XP. Any help would be appreciated..thank you.
>
> SOME games are written that way in order to make sure a seperate CD is
> purchased for each computer in acordance with the End User License
> Agreement (EULA). When the CD is verified EACH time the game is loaded
> people are unable to continue to use the game at one household after the
> CD has been taken to another household.
>
> You don't mention if the SAME game titles are running without the CD
> check on your freind's computers. PLEASE don't blame Windows XP for the
> differences unless the same title AND version is behaving differently on
> two different operating systems. Even if the same titles are involved,
> some differences in application operation may be the result of the user
> privledges management features in Windows XP. To prevent unwanted
> applications from making mischief, Windows XP restricts some user
> classes from creating or changeing files in some of the standard
> folders. Some applications written for earlier operating systems attempt
> to utilize those folders.
>
and play, but it is not recognized in the drive. I placed one of my regualr
CD's in and it began to install, then immediately tried the game CD and
nothing happened. So, I read about the End User Agreement and different PC's
and household's and think that is my problem. Any hints or suggestions you
may have are welcome.
"RobertVA" wrote:
> tammy wrote:
>
> > when I install games that I have bought, it installs fine. Then, everytime I
> > try to play the games, it says I have to install the cd in the disk drive. Is
> > there a way to override this so that I don't have to install the disc
> > everytime? I have also borrowed cds from friends who do not have that problem
> > on their computers. It is XP. Any help would be appreciated..thank you.
>
> SOME games are written that way in order to make sure a seperate CD is
> purchased for each computer in acordance with the End User License
> Agreement (EULA). When the CD is verified EACH time the game is loaded
> people are unable to continue to use the game at one household after the
> CD has been taken to another household.
>
> You don't mention if the SAME game titles are running without the CD
> check on your freind's computers. PLEASE don't blame Windows XP for the
> differences unless the same title AND version is behaving differently on
> two different operating systems. Even if the same titles are involved,
> some differences in application operation may be the result of the user
> privledges management features in Windows XP. To prevent unwanted
> applications from making mischief, Windows XP restricts some user
> classes from creating or changeing files in some of the standard
> folders. Some applications written for earlier operating systems attempt
> to utilize those folders.
>
In order to run it, I went to a used