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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / HELP! DBPro protection problem

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EddieRay
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 19:23
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When exactly is DBPro supposed to ask for the CD-ROM to verify the protection? I thought it only asked the first time you created an EXE. I'm having some troubles getting DBPro to create EXEs because it says it can't find the CD-ROM, but it's in the drive! How do I solve this problem?

Thanks,

Ed
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D Man
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 19:24
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Make an image, use Daemon-Tools (like me).

"If you can't make it good
make it look good."
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EddieRay
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 19:26
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How would that help? I have the actual CD in the drive and it can't even use that... how will making an image of the disc in a file help?

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EddieRay
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 19:28
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By the way, I thought of uninstalling and starting over... but the DBPro Setup won't run... it gets the SAME ERROR about how it can't find the CD!

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IanM
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 19:36
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You can uninstall DBPro by using the setup.exe on the CD.
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Chenak
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 19:51
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I had that problem but it'll work if you try long enough. The cd-check is damn annoying and pointless.

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EdzUp
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 20:35
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IMHO the cd check is more a deterent for legitimate users than crackers who just hack it out.

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Andy Igoe
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 20:59
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In my experience the only people to suffer from copyright protection are the legitimate users. Hackers have no trouble bypassing copy protection.

Those who've been on this board a while will know my view of piracy and that i'm dead set against it but...

I byepassed DBPro's protection in a matter of hours from getting the original CD through in the post because it was annoying me. I'd hate to think how frustrating it must be to suffer safedisc cutting in as a legitimate user.

Some common problems with CD protection can result if you have multiple drives, some programs insist that you have it in the first physical drive on the chain, some insist that you have it in the first logical drive - and some are well written as I descovered when my multi-changer still worked... This may be your problem here.

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Rob K
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Posted: 11th Mar 2003 21:07
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"IMHO the cd check is more a deterent for legitimate users than crackers who just hack it out."

You don't even have to be a cracker to get it out - next time DBS should choose a protection for which a generic unpacker is not already available.

@Ed

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EddieRay
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Posted: 14th Mar 2003 00:15
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Thanks for the tips guys. I got it to work by uninstalling using the setup from the CD itself. Then I installed again from scratch. This time, I noticed that after installing it, then running it, it checked for the CD. Then I installed the patch, and on my WinME machine, the part of the patch process that runs the "Updater" didn't actually succeed - I had to run it manually. First time around I missed this and it got boned. Second time, after successfully running the Updater by hand, and rebooting, it now seems to work fine without ever asking for the CD again - which I guess is the correct behavior. Excellent!

Thanks,

Ed

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