Here's a way to bypass the restriction and run older titles

Sep 23, 2015 14:07 GMT  ·  By

After it disabled the use of digital rights management systems like SafeDisc and some versions of SecuROM on Windows 10, Microsoft has released an update to do the same thing for Windows Vista, 7, and 8 versions. Fortunately, there's a way to manually turn on the support and enjoy games that employ such anti-piracy measures.

Developers and publishers that make and release games for the PC platform have employed a myriad of ways to stop the piracy seen on the platform for a very long time.

Unfortunately for Windows 10 users who upgraded to the new operating system, an update no longer allowed some games to play on it. More specifically, due to security risks, all titles that used the SafeDisc DRM and some that employed SecuROM were rendered unplayable on the OS.

A new update stops SafeDisc, SecuROM support on older Windows

Now, a recent update for older Windows versions, more specifically Windows Vista, 7, and 8, turns off the support for SafeDisc and SecuROM games.

This time around, however, Microsoft also provides a few methods to turn back on the support, for those that want to enjoy their older games on their actual computers. The corporation does emphasize that leaving the support of SafeDisc and SecuROM exposes the machine to security risks, so make sure you turn it back off after you're done playing.

You can tweak the DRM support in two ways. The first involves running the Command Prompt in Administrator Mode. You can do so by pressing Start> Run>cmd.exe. You right click on the entry and press Run as Administrator. Afterwards, you enter "sc start secdrv" without the quotes. To turn off the support, just follow the same procedure and type "sc stop secdrv" in the prompt.

The second method involves modifying the system's registry so you might want to follow the specific instructions on Microsoft's website, in order to prevent inflicting any harm to your computer.