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bloxland Jul 10, 2014 @ 4:22pm
What is securom DRM?
ok, what is it.

and what does it mean by the limit of activations???

does it mean that if you uninstall it, you only have the amounts left to re-download it???

after you run out of your activations, is it permanent? or does it come back after months or so?

help me!
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TirithRR Jul 10, 2014 @ 4:24pm 
Securom is an older DRM service that uses "Activations" to combat piracy. When you installed the game, you activated it, and it used an activation. Software had a finite number of activations.

The number of activations and how you were able to, or not able to, get more varies by game and publisher, I believe.
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bloxland Jul 10, 2014 @ 4:25pm 
Originally posted by TirithRR:
Securom is an older DRM service that uses "Activations" to combat piracy. When you installed the game, you activated it, and it used an activation. Software had a finite number of activations.

The number of activations and how you were able to, or not able to, get more varies by game and publisher, I believe.


but does it regenerate after you re-install it for some reason?

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TirithRR Jul 10, 2014 @ 4:26pm 
Read what I wrote...
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bloxland Jul 10, 2014 @ 4:28pm 
Originally posted by TirithRR:
Read what I wrote...

i did.

but i dont get what you said...

i talk a nother language when im at home
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TirithRR Jul 10, 2014 @ 4:30pm 
The activation limit varies by game, set by the game's publisher. And how you get more activations also varies.
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bloxland Jul 10, 2014 @ 4:33pm 
so,

does test drive unlimited 2 have drm that regenerate back?



but i dont get it.

so, uninstalling the game using delete local data does not make you activate the game anytime?
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Silicon Vampire Jul 10, 2014 @ 5:27pm 
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Big_List_of_3rd_Party_DRM_on_Steam

Internet search engines are wonderful things...
Last edited by Silicon Vampire; Jul 10, 2014 @ 5:28pm
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