Can you check the logs for what ports it is using? It would be interesting to see what kind of packets it's sending.

whoa that's one fugly site. here have some rum, domino.

Another thing that really pisses me off about EA's conduct is that they added something to the game that clearly isn't compatible with Vista, even though they state that BV is compatible. Sony certainly never said anywhere that it is compatible with Vista. But since EA added something that they didn't want us to know about (hence the secrecy), they couldn't very well say it wasn't compatible since that would give away the secret.  :roll:  Apparently it's pure luck if you vista machine don't rocket off earth and spiral into outer space. Installing something incompatible on vista is like willingly injecting cancer on it and hope it has good fighting spirit. And then EA has the gall to say that they tested and researched the thing?   :shock:  

Gah, just wanted that off my chest.  :x

Meh, now I am just pissed at the entire sims 2 game. It keeps crashing now. All the time. So I am getting close to abandon it completely... *tskkpftghgragghrwrrr...stupid game...arggh...bloody ea...ugh...* I feel like ripping someone's head off. *statement*

Hmm, I do have a crack, but I am not sure if it's the right one. How do you know it's going to work, do you need a certain kind of crack? Also, do I still need to reinstall the game with all the ep's (including h&m and BV)?

Okay, I have deleted Securom and following the tom's hardware method. Now I am just hoping it won't pop up again after I play BV. It is possible though that I have to either a. uninstall entire sims2 game or b. reinstall without BV. But I liked BV.    And I hope deleting securom will stop my game from crashing so I don't have to uninstall anything...  :evil:

I tried the AVG anti-root kit thingy but it didn't find anything on my Vista computer even though I know Securom is there. It is possible that it just doesn't recognize Securom as a root kit - or doesn't notice it at all - or it's Vista's fault. Either way, I know it's there, but this anti-root kit didn't find it.

Blegh, another one of those sites...sometimes it feels like there are millions of them. *takes out secret rum stash* Grah!

MaxoidSam didn't seem to grasp the fact that people are screaming because they love the game. Since when has anybody cared how a game they don't like runs?

I've never go my mind into this whole over-organizing...the trick is to not slip in crap in the first place. I keep track of hacks and defaults, and the rest I Just shove in there, hoping it will not explode. Uh...that didn't sound good. But even though I organize more now that I have Deplhy's Organizer, I still don't do it often. I check for duplicates and orphans, and delete custom trees, and sometimes whole sets of hair.But other than that, I don't do much. So, not really any need to over-organize. But yeah, I was a mess before the DDO.  :roll:

Wonderful news!  

The parrot is only sleeping. No, really.  :roll:

LOL Yaardarm Monkey, thanks for the heads up.   :lol:  I am so democratic, I didn't pay attention to whose post I was replying to.  :roll:

I am by no means an expert. I just know that there has been a lot of talk and lawsuits concerning copyrighted material on the internet. But I don't know the specifics nor am I good at legal issues.
Check out this page though: http://piratbyran.org/?view=links
if you scroll down you will find a header that says "Upphovsrätt" which means 'copyright'.  Below it are a list of links regarding copyright law. Of course, most of it are in Swedish, so I think you'd have a better chance at using Google. There must be some source in english somewhere. As I said, I am not an expert.  :roll:

EDIT: after a quick search I found this link concerning Swedish copyright law, it's all in English:
http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2707/a/15195
Oh, and it also displays contact information, in case you have any questions.

Believe me, not good...  :shock: