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Please find all information about the registry keys created by SecuROM™ on our License Information website.
To remove SecuROM™ related files please click here for the SecuROM™ Removal Tool.
SecuROM™ itself is a library, integrated into the actual application, and not a standalone application. In this sense, SecuROM™ is similar to other software libraries, like 3D engines or spell checkers, which are integrated into other applications. SecuROM™ does, however, use data storage and libraries which are required to fullfil its purpose, much like other libraries also use their own data (e.g., spellcheck dictionaries) and libraries (e.g., 3D graphics calculation or game physics libraries).
Since SecuROM™ is not a standalone application, no executable SecuROM™ "application" remains on the system after deinstallation. However, DRM license information remains stored on the PC.
By default, SecuROM™ does not install any permanently active applications, services, or drivers. Some older versions of SecuROM™ protected applications use a special configuration which will install a Windows Service called "User Access Service". This service allows a user to share DRM licenses among multiple users of the same PC. This service is only used during the initial SecuROM™ authentication upon the start of the application. At all other times, the service runs in the "idle" mode. This means that it is passively waiting for a SecuROM™ protected application to perform the respective DRM authentication during the startup of that protected application.
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