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10 years ago
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RA2 no longer working after Windows 7 update

I'm running a Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit box with an intel i5-4690 CPU, 8 GB ram, and a Sandisk SSD. I've played RA2 on it for years, as recently as last week. It played fine with no audio or video pr...
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    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I went through my last updates one by one and found uninstalling KB3086255 allowed me to reinstall the game.

    Apparently this has been a problem for others when I googled the KB number. I found this link and text on another forum posted 4 days ago:
    http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/september-2015-windows-updates-kb3086255-breaks-many-games/
    "This update basically disables secdrv.sys which is an anti-piracy copy protection that is used by many games developers and some other software companies. The driver, secdrv.sys, is used by games which use Macrovision SafeDisc. Without the driver, games with SafeDisc protection would be unable to play on Windows."

    There have been many security issues with it over the years and Microsoft won't allow it to run or be be installed at all in Windows 10"

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
10 years ago

I went through my last updates one by one and found uninstalling KB3086255 allowed me to reinstall the game.

Apparently this has been a problem for others when I googled the KB number. I found this link and text on another forum posted 4 days ago:
http://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/september-2015-windows-updates-kb3086255-breaks-many-games/
"This update basically disables secdrv.sys which is an anti-piracy copy protection that is used by many games developers and some other software companies. The driver, secdrv.sys, is used by games which use Macrovision SafeDisc. Without the driver, games with SafeDisc protection would be unable to play on Windows."

There have been many security issues with it over the years and Microsoft won't allow it to run or be be installed at all in Windows 10"

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I had the the same problem , and was able to reinstall RA2, but now I get "Fatal Error - String Manager failed to initialize properly".

I "Run as administrator" and use XP SP 3 compatibility on all *.exe files.

Has ANYONE been able to to get RA 2 to run after

MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3086255   ?

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