SafeDisc Windows XP fix for Microsoft games

April 29, 2005

Womble used our news submit to tell us about this patch he spotted over at Microsoft for those of us using XP with fast user switching on and also use Microsoft Games sporting SafeDisc. It seems a bug has cropped up that can cause some annoying dialogs from the old PC. Of course, MS was on it like a Pit Bulldog and wrote a fix!

When running a restricted user account with fast user switching under Windows XP, some games will not start correctly.

The game requests that the original disk be placed in the drive, even if it is already present. To remedy this issue, download and run this fix.This software will not alter or patch any component on your system, it will only change the startup state of the system component needed to start your game from start on demand (on game load), to start at boot (on Windows XP start).

Whew, that's a lot of starts, at least they didn't make us hit the start button. Or maybe they did, I'm confused now. You can find the original Microsoft help page and a download for the fix here. Thanks Womble for the news!

Source: Microsoft