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Thread: how to remove the driver StarForce Protection?

  1. #1
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    how to remove the driver StarForce Protection?

    Hello,

    I have Windows Vista, here's my problem:

    • At each startup of Windows, I have 2 errors that appear identical:
    • initially it is a small icon in the lower right
    • then a message released on the icon telling me that there is a problem with one pilot
    • waiting a few seconds and the message turns into window


    How to prevent it appears?

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    Re: how to remove the driver StarForce Protection?

    Starforce has received criticism for installing its own device driver onto computers. The Starforce drivers are often linked to system instability and computer crashes. If these problems occur, the user would be unware as to the cause of the problem, and would be helpless to solve the problem.

    for example under Windows XP, if packets are lost during the reading or writing of a disk, XP interprets this as an error and steps the IDE speed down. Eventually it will revert to 16bit compatibility mode rendering a CD/DVD writer virtually unusable. In some circumstances certain drives cannot cope with this mode and it results in physical hardware failure (Most commonly in multiformat CD/DVD writer drives). A sure sign of this step down occurring is that the burn speeds will get slower and slower (no matter what speed you select to burn at). Starforce, on a regular basis, triggers this silent step down. Until it reaches the latter stages most people do not even realise it is happening.

    It has been reported by many users that the slowdown caused by StarForce on some recent multiformat DVD writers can cause irreversible hardware failures on those drives (they aren’t recognized anymore), as they aren’t supposed to write at slow speeds.

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    Re: how to remove the driver StarForce Protection?

    You go to the official StarForce and you should be updating Vista, the uninstaller.

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    Re: how to remove the driver StarForce Protection?

    Thank you, I used the uninstaller and it's good.

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    Re: how to remove the driver StarForce Protection?

    how do i get rid of starforce from my computer please

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    Re: how to remove the driver StarForce Protection?

    I'm not adequate of gaming people to make out how nearly all games counter, but if you yet have StarForce available from some unexploited/unnecessary game the authorized remover is as areca ARC-1000BK LCD Control Panel. Also, simply try removing the following files:
    %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\sfsync03.sys
    %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\sfhlp02.sys
    %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\sfdrv01.sys
    And following keys from the registry:
    HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\sfsync03
    HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\sfhlp02
    HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\sfdrv01

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