Network Game

[Guest]

I want to setup a game on my network. I have 1 cd and each user is required to have one. Not good, anyway to configure my computer so that I can operate the game without the cd?

 

[Chris H.]

Not if the software company which produced the game requires SafeDisk or
some other encryption to prevent what you're trying to do.
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Chris H.
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I want to setup a game on my network. I have 1 cd and each user is

required to have one. Not good, anyway to configure my computer so that I
can operate the game without the cd?

 

[Strontium]

Hate to break it to you purists. But...... Alcohol 120% + Blind Write BWA
will copy ANY CD, perfectly. Piracy sucks, but there will never NOT be a
way around it.


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Chris H. stood up at show-n-tell, in #[email protected],
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[Chris H.]

I won't argue piracy issues here. The question received the correct answer,
there is no way to configure Windows XP to get around the issue.

 

[Guest]

Looks like someone tried to get me around it on their posting butit was erased.

 

[Guest]

Some games (eg Age of Mythology, Diablo, Age of Empires Series are the only ones I can think of offhand) actually allow you up to a limited number of computers to share 1 CD for a LAN game. Usually it's not many - 4 i think? Start the game with the CD in, once your in, eject and give to the next person, etc. Legally only 1 user is allowed to use the software in either single player or online play tho. Hell, read the readme/EULA for whatever game you are using and see what it says.