sjaak327 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 or use previous versions, you use Vista, and with a bit of luck it is enabled on your machine, so go to the GTAIV directory, properties and previous versions, it will list the content of the dir at various moments, get one that is sufficiently back in time, and restore gtaiv.exe That doesn't work always. It only shows records for the last 2 days for me. Well that depends on the setup and also if you previously have ran a disk cleanup, as that wizard gives you the option to delete the restorepoints and previious version up until the last one. For all I know either the OP doesn't haven't the correct Vista version (not all do have this feature) or it is disabled. It's worth a shot I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus91 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) Lol come on guys it's pretty obvious he never bought the game. Even his Left 4 Dead is using a crack and thats a Steam game. Edit: Looks like hes been playin with cod4 files too. That my friend is a pirates desktop. Edited March 4, 2009 by Tantalus91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus91 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) Plus hes using Daemon tools. Edit: It looks like hes been trying to crack this game for a while, in the second screenshot you can see files from like 5 different cracks, and some of them has a modified date that go back to when the game was released. Being that theres been newer cracks those had to of been sitting there a while and his dvd drive had to of died the day after he installed the game rofl. Edited March 4, 2009 by Tantalus91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relo Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) look, i bought the game and i kno it so yall med ppl can help me or go awai frm this topic, thnxs for the help sjaak the previous version thing dnt work for m e i have hom premium Edited March 4, 2009 by relo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus91 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Legally even if you did buy the game there is no real way we can help you without uploading the orignal files and supplying you with a proper crack. Check your PMs please relo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcax24 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 (edited) just reinstall. and please tell me you guys arent really trying to determine whether or not he pirates games based on his desktop, or the fact that he uses torrents or daemon tools. sh*t ive got knives, duct tape and garbage bags in my kitchen, does that mean im a serial killer? Edited March 4, 2009 by emcax24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB3 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 That no-cd Securom thing is a piece of sh*t, it just replaces the original LaunchGTAIV.exe, I still get the no disk in drive error (I have a CD, i just don't wanna use it, it already got scratched). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus91 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) just reinstall. and please tell me you guys arent really trying to determine whether or not he pirates games based on his desktop, or the fact that he uses torrents or daemon tools. sh*t ive got knives, duct tape and garbage bags in my kitchen, does that mean im a serial killer? Read the original post, and all following posts, completely then comment with a smart remark. It just makes you look stupid if you do it the other way around . Edited March 5, 2009 by Tantalus91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john88z Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Jesus, can we stop this constant round-about discussion? I buy game it no work pirate I buy game no still a pirate. and on and on it goes. End all discussion. Post a picture of your gtaforums name next to your gtaIV install cds. Thats all, end of discussion. Either you have it or you dont. I have suspected hes been using a crack so let this prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus91 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 In any case we can't really help him unless he gets a spare dvd drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingCharlie Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 To be honest I can't understand what all the fuss is about, it isn't like a new dvd drive is going to cost the earth to replace. Looking online you can get a dvd drive for under 20 bucks, I know the economy is in bad shape and all but really you should have a fully functioning dvd drive in your PC. It's a bit embarrassing to say but with out a dvd drive your PC falls below the minimum specifications to run GTA 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheogorath Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I can understand though how he can say he installed the game and the dvd drive stopped working after that. Same thing happened to me and a couple of other people here. I bought Gta IV installed it and played it for about 2 weeks. Near the ending the game started to say I have no disc in my drive. Just to finish it I thought a no-dvd crack would at least help. But with patch 2 all sorts of glitches came up so I got the official Securom bypass and that has at least worked. Now I am at least going to get a new dvd writer. Perhaps the conspiracy theories are true that Securom could damage optical drives, eventually. Just saying this because I have seen this pattern over and over. Sorry if this was off-topic I just understand where the OP is coming from this. And I understand why someone would want to use a bypass to run the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I understand why someone would want to use a bypass to run the game. To save 20 bucks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horror Is Alive Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Yes, because 20 bucks could be spent on something better, like porno mags and beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak327 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I understand why someone would want to use a bypass to run the game. To save 20 bucks ? Hmm no, the game cost around 45 euros here, and when your disc is damaged, you are basically looking at buying a new game, or having to put up with some annoyance just to get Rockstar to replace the damaged disc. In fact my GTA SA disc died as well, (after a year or so), when I contacted Rockstar, they told me that I needed to send the damaged disc back to them, with proof of purchase, which obviously after a year (or maybe even longer then that) I could not produce. Ended up downloading GTA SA using a torrent.... That's why I can understand people wanting to bypass the securirom crap. It eats memory and cpu cycles which are not necessary to run the game. It is time that companies like rockstar (and others) stop this rediculous pratice. Make the activation more difficult to circumvent or put a limit to it, but dont'require legitimate buyers to have the disc in the drive when you start the game, it's 2009 for crying out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingCharlie Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Make the activation more difficult to circumvent or put a limit to it, but dont'require legitimate buyers to have the disc in the drive when you start the game, it's 2009 for crying out loud. Yeah erm you do know companies tried that and guess what happened ? Oh yeah PC gamers bitched and moaned about it. A company is damned if they do and damned if they don't these days. If they release it with no protection it gets pirated to buggery, if they put a protection on with limited activations they get massive bad publicity and retards voting the games down on Amazon. If they release the game with protection and the need to have the DVD drive in, then they get the same again whinging morons coming up with "oh I don't want to damage my disc". Let me tell you something if your dvd is being damaged by your drive then GET A BETTER f*cking dvd drive or alternatively if you do not want the hassle of dvd's in the drive then purchase the steam version which will negate any fear you have about the dvd being destroyed by your evil dvd drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 If they release it with no protection it gets pirated to buggery I have to interject. When a title is DRM free, people bitch about how the developers should be rewarded for their actions and whatnot even on torrent sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingCharlie Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I am sure that makes the software developer very happy then to see people complaining that people are stealing software on the torrent sites. Don't get me wrong I don't agree with this DRM, I hate it as much as the next guy but when you have a community that seems to feel hey have a "right" to steal whatever they f*cking like then I can understand why companies use DRM. However we are getting away from the topic here, this guy is causing no end of problems for himself just because he won't buy a bloody $20 dvd drive, which has to look highly suspicious and could be an "excuse" he is using to cover the fact he doesn't have a legal copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak327 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Make the activation more difficult to circumvent or put a limit to it, but dont'require legitimate buyers to have the disc in the drive when you start the game, it's 2009 for crying out loud. Yeah erm you do know companies tried that and guess what happened ? Oh yeah PC gamers bitched and moaned about it. A company is damned if they do and damned if they don't these days. If they release it with no protection it gets pirated to buggery, if they put a protection on with limited activations they get massive bad publicity and retards voting the games down on Amazon. If they release the game with protection and the need to have the DVD drive in, then they get the same again whinging morons coming up with "oh I don't want to damage my disc". Let me tell you something if your dvd is being damaged by your drive then GET A BETTER f*cking dvd drive or alternatively if you do not want the hassle of dvd's in the drive then purchase the steam version which will negate any fear you have about the dvd being destroyed by your evil dvd drive. Well, there was nothing wrong with the DVD drive, the disc broke down, probably because it was in that drive for a long time. My point is that it's not necessary to have it in there, surely if data needs to be read from it, then of course there is a necessity, but in this case there isn't. Yet on each start of the game it would authenticate the disc or something to that effect. But technically there is no reason for that disc to be in there, nor to authenticate it. It only adds another level of complexity to the program and another possible layer of error. Which obviously has lead to problems on quite a few machines hence the need for an "official" no dvd launchgtaiv.exe. GTAIValready has activation, and quite frankly that should be more then enough as anti piracy measure, I mean Microsft doesn't force me to use the Vista DVD when I want to boot Vista either. At the end of the day companies like Rockstar have to understand that customers don't want to be subjected to silly measures like having to put a DVD into a drive. I already activated the game, enough is enough. And I don't care about steam or any other download option, I want the original case with booklets and a DVD, which after successfull installatiion can go back into the box, where it belongs. Not in my DVD drive, spinning away for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingCharlie Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Well, there was nothing wrong with the DVD drive, the disc broke down, probably because it was in that drive for a long time. Yet another one that joins a thread and doesn't bother to read it before commenting, this is what the TC said :- John I did buy the game and i need the no-cd crack cos my dvd drive is dead....... So his DRIVE is "conveniently" out of action and he has to rely on a NO CD crack, I mean come on here if you believe that then would you like to buy some of these magic beans I am selling ? My point is that it's not necessary to have it in there, surely if data needs to be read from it, then of course there is a necessity, but in this case there isn't. Yet on each start of the game it would authenticate the disc or something to that effect. Yes and publishers tried to give us NO DVD games and guess what happened ? We bitched and moaned and threw our rattles out of the pram. I personally do not like limited activations, I will take dvd authentication over limited activations any day of the week. But then I take care of my stuff and I don't try and come up with pathetic excuses like "oh my drive might damage the dvd". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak327 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Well I actually joined the thread a bit earlier, and yes I don't believe the OP, that however is besides the point. Quite frankly I don't care on way or another wheter his drive really is broken, or if he priated the game. Regarding your last comment, it's not a pathetic excuse, and I don't have to use any excuses, the point is that the drive doesn't technically need to be in there, so I don't want it in there, not to mention the additional time it takes to authenticate the dvd, my point is, I did an activation, and that should be enough. Quite frankly it's sad that legitimate buyers have to resort to no dvd launchers made by outside people to run this game. But let's just agree to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcax24 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Yes and publishers tried to give us NO DVD games and guess what happened ? We bitched and moaned and threw our rattles out of the pram. any evidence to back up these wild claims? i dont recall anyone ever bitching about a game not being required to be in the drive all the goddamn time when you play it. not one. in fact from my recollection we were happy when hard drives became big enough for us to copy our whole game to the drive so we wouldnt have to run it with the cd in the drive. this was way back in the old days when games ran like console games with a minimal install and all the multimedia was on the cd still. doubt you kids know anything about that. i see nothing to show this guy is lying, the only thing you all bring up is that he uses daemon tools and torrents. who the f*ck doesnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relo Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 dere we go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingCharlie Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) Yes and publishers tried to give us NO DVD games and guess what happened ? We bitched and moaned and threw our rattles out of the pram. any evidence to back up these wild claims? i dont recall anyone ever bitching about a game not being required to be in the drive all the goddamn time when you play it. not one. in fact from my recollection we were happy when hard drives became big enough for us to copy our whole game to the drive so we wouldnt have to run it with the cd in the drive. this was way back in the old days when games ran like console games with a minimal install and all the multimedia was on the cd still. doubt you kids know anything about that. i see nothing to show this guy is lying, the only thing you all bring up is that he uses daemon tools and torrents. who the f*ck doesnt. Evidence ??????????? have you been living under a rock or something ? How about Spore that allowed people to play without the DVD in and it came with limited activations. Naturally this kind of forward thinking approach was greeted with open arms by the PC community NOT and lots of cretins and people with no lives spent time knocking down the amazon ratings :- http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/amaz...-slam-spore-drm http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20218 Since Spore no publisher has dared do the no dvd and limited activations malarkey again, so if you want to blame anyone for the fact in 2009 you still have to have the DVD in your drive then blame the 1000's that bitched and moaned about the Spore DRM which did allow you to play the game without the DVD but came with limited activations. As for calling me a "kid" I am 37 years of f*cking age I was gaming on PC's whilst you were still a stain on a damn tissue. I am sick and tired of you coming into threads trying to be all big and hard, thinking you know everything and attacking anyone that you disagree with. Oh and I manage to play games and use my PC quite nicely without utorrent and daemon tools so I guess I am the one that "f*ck does". Edited March 5, 2009 by CharmingCharlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcax24 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 you must be a pretty retarded 37 year old to correlate utorrent and daemon tools to proper running of a pc. and the reason people bitched about spore wasnt because it let you play without a dvd in the drive its because the sh*tty drm required you to log onto the internet every couple of days or else your license was revoked and needed to be re-activated, limited installs 5 times total lifetime. lol way to skew everything fanboy. who the f*ck wants to play or buy a game with limits imposed on how many times you can use it and have to be persistently monitored while you use it. would you like to buy a car that explodes unless you bring it back to the dealership every other day to activate a thumbprint, and also have a homing device built into it with video cameras to make sure no one else is driving your car or using it without paying the dealer a price? because thats pretty much what spores DRM equated. and THATS why people complained. i use clonecd virtual drive and utorrent to make sure my computer is properly operating lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus91 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Charlie is nailed the pin on the head, originally people complained that they payed for the game then they see everyone els getting it for free because they were so easy to rip without DRM. If someone finds a reason they will complain and everyone who hears it will do the same thing. If you don't like DRM go Steam. Don't like peripheral software? Go xbox. Don't want to pay to play online? Go ps3. Theres always an alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus91 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 you must be a pretty retarded 37 year old to correlate utorrent and daemon tools to proper running of a pc. and the reason people bitched about spore wasnt because it let you play without a dvd in the drive its because the sh*tty drm required you to log onto the internet every couple of days or else your license was revoked and needed to be re-activated, limited installs 5 times total lifetime. lol way to skew everything fanboy. who the f*ck wants to play or buy a game with limits imposed on how many times you can use it and have to be persistently monitored while you use it. would you like to buy a car that explodes unless you bring it back to the dealership every other day to activate a thumbprint, and also have a homing device built into it with video cameras to make sure no one else is driving your car or using it without paying the dealer a price? because thats pretty much what spores DRM equated. and THATS why people complained. i use clonecd virtual drive and utorrent to make sure my computer is properly operating lol. Lol your funny. Your just proving his point about all the people the complain. And Daemon tools has 1 purpose, to pirate software. There may be legit reasons now but when it was first introduced along with Alcohol 120% that was their only goal. Want to backup your software thats cool but its still called pirating. And all bittorrent aplications including uTorrent are 98% used completely for Piracy. Movies, music, books, softare, and games. The only big communities with legit reasons for using torrent networks are the Linux community and the government, yes some branches use the torrent network to save bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingCharlie Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 emcax24 words cannot express how tired I am of correcting every little f*cking thing you get wrong. The reason why spore had sh*tty drm is because you can either have one or the other, if you want to play the game with no dvd in the drive then there has to be a mechanism there to prevent users from installing the game onto lots of PC's and playing it. The mere fact I have to explain this shows how retarded you are when it comes to PC technology. I never said you need utorrent or daemon tools to run a pc properly. I said "I manage to game and use my PC without utorrent and daemon tools". Now I am sure there are legitimate reasons for you having a file sharing client on your pc as I am sure there are legitimate reasons for you having a CD image mounting program on your pc . Naturally the fact you use clonecd and utorrent would not make me instantly go "you are a scumbag pirate". However your assertion that everyone uses daemon and utorrent is clearly WRONG. I do not use those programs simply because I do not have a legitimate use for them. I am getting incessantly tired of the way you come into threads and derail them, I am getting tired of you attacking other members on this board just because you disagree with them and I am getting sick and tired of your constantly trolling. Now quit it before you really show yourself up like you did before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Emcax24 should get a temp ban, he is a worse version of "rant man" Zackox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emcax24 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 and im getting tired of you skewing facts and putting words into peoples mouths. please quote where i said everyone used daemon and utorrent. yeah theres legitimate reasons for file sharing programs... for f*cking sharing files. they arent called pirating programs for a reason because thats not their main function. and daemon tools is not for backing up anything you 37 year old its for mounting images. images are copies of drives. windows7.beta is an iso. dear lawdy now microsoft must be pirates too huh? yes ban me for speaking my mind. what next gas ovens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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