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4. SecuROM™ Components and uninstall details
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4.1 What is a registry key and why does SecuROM™ have an entry named "!CAUTION! NEVER DELETE OR CHANGE ANY KEY"
4.2 How do I remove SecuROM™ from my machine?
4.3 Why does SecuROM™ remain on the PC, even after uninstalling a protected application?
4.4 Why does SecuROM™ sometimes remain active in the background, even if the protected application is not running?
4.1 What is a registry key and why does SecuROM™ have an entry named "!CAUTION! NEVER DELETE OR CHANGE ANY KEY"
Please find all information about the registry keys created by SecuROM™ on our License Information website.
4.2 How do I remove SecuROM™ from my machine?
To remove SecuROM™ related files please click here for the SecuROM™ Removal Tool.
4.3 Why does SecuROM™ remain on the PC, even after uninstalling a protected application?
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.
4.4 Why does SecuROM™ sometimes remain active in the background, even if the protected application is not running?
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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