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UnrefinedNerd · 01-10-2003

Ok, I bought The Sims and all of the expansion packs (a LOT of money) for my girlfriend and I. I bought two copies of Superstar, hoping to play it on both my computer and hers. I installed them on her computer and left her with one of the copies of Superstar. Everything works great for her. I also bought Splinter Cell.

I then installed The Sims Deluxe on my machine, and I get an Access Denied error, saying "Please login with administrator access and try again"... well, I'm no retard. I do have administrator access. I even went into safe mode and logged in as the Administrator and got this same error. I get the same error when I try to run the Splinter Cell exe.

I did some research on the internet, and found that a lot of people were having the same problem with other games. On one forum an Installshield Developer said that it had to do with SafeDisc not having the proper drivers. The game installed fine, but the exe won't run. I've tried talking to tech support, and all they told me was to do a non-destructive recovery, which is pretty damn destructive, as it basically reinstalls Windows.

I've downloaded a patch from Macrovision, with no change. I've also downloaded the SafeDisc patch from Microsoft with no change. I've downloaded unwrappers, but they were for older versions of SafeDisc (Superstar uses v2.9.40, i'm not sure about Deluxe, but probably the same, as well as Splinter Cell).

I really need help here...

-Joe

PS I'm really at the end of my rope here...

Here is what the Installshield guy had to say... It's near the bottom...

http://www.gametalk.com/talk/pc/meda...t/56020644.htm

OS: WinXP Home
IDE Driver: 5.1.2600.1106
CD-Rom: CyberDrv CWO58D CD-R/RW

Guys, I'm really get desperate... I've bought over $300 in games that don't work...

01-10-2003	#1 (permalink)
UnrefinedNerd New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3	Terrible Problems with SafeDisc... PLEASE, PLEASE Help!! <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Ok, I bought The Sims and all of the expansion packs (a LOT of money) for my girlfriend and I. I bought two copies of Superstar, hoping to play it on both my computer and hers. I installed them on her computer and left her with one of the copies of Superstar. Everything works great for her. I also bought Splinter Cell. I then installed The Sims Deluxe on my machine, and I get an Access Denied error, saying "Please login with administrator access and try again"... well, I'm no retard. I do have administrator access. I even went into safe mode and logged in as the Administrator and got this same error. I get the same error when I try to run the Splinter Cell exe. I did some research on the internet, and found that a lot of people were having the same problem with other games. On one forum an Installshield Developer said that it had to do with SafeDisc not having the proper drivers. The game installed fine, but the exe won't run. I've tried talking to tech support, and all they told me was to do a non-destructive recovery, which is pretty damn destructive, as it basically reinstalls Windows. I've downloaded a patch from Macrovision, with no change. I've also downloaded the SafeDisc patch from Microsoft with no change. I've downloaded unwrappers, but they were for older versions of SafeDisc (Superstar uses v2.9.40, i'm not sure about Deluxe, but probably the same, as well as Splinter Cell). I really need help here... -Joe PS I'm really at the end of my rope here... Here is what the Installshield guy had to say... It's near the bottom... http://www.gametalk.com/talk/pc/meda...t/56020644.htm OS: WinXP Home IDE Driver: 5.1.2600.1106 CD-Rom: CyberDrv CWO58D CD-R/RW Guys, I'm really get desperate... I've bought over $300 in games that don't work... Last edited by UnrefinedNerd; 07-10-2003 at 01:46.