EA releases deauthorization tools for drm games

Stefan9

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You can either go game specific or if you have multiple games use the multiple games tool. They should have had this in place from the start would have stopped most of the issues.

De-authorization with the EA De-Authorization Management Tool is a simple two-step process:

(1) Download the EA De-Authorization Management Tool. This tool: (a) scans your computer to determine which EA PC games released after May 2008 with machine authorization limits your computer has been authorized to play; and (b) tells you how many computer authorizations you have available for each detected game.

(2) Download the game-specific de-authorization tool(s) to de-authorize your computer for whichever game(s) you choose. Once de-authorized, a machine "slot" will be freed up and can be re-used on another machine. De-authorization does not uninstall the game, however, so if you decide you want to re-authorize your computer later, all you have to do is re-launch the game.
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http://activate.ea.com/deauthorize/
 
Yeah it's about time. I've had enough trouble in the past trying to install my own original games on a different or new PC. Now, at least with the more recent titles, we can do it without the problems :)
 
This is a good move from EA, but what happens if you activate a game and something happens that you need to re-install windows before you could de-active the game.
 
Then you authorize again. Much like XP's activation worked on a hardware level. They should be able to tell you that it has been authorized on another machine, is this not correct anymore and clear it to use it on your new machine / installation.

It also depends if this authorization is purely based on hardware, cause then a simple memory / hard drive upgrade might kick re-authorization off. This bit might suck though.

You have a limited amount of auth's also by the sounds of it.
Then you probably have to phone them and go through a process of clearing it. This bit might suck though.
 
lilDeath said:
Then you authorize again. Much like XP's activation worked on a hardware level. They should be able to tell you that it has been authorized on another machine, is this not correct anymore and clear it to use it on your new machine / installation.

It also depends if this authorization is purely based on hardware, cause then a simple memory / hard drive upgrade might kick re-authorization off. This bit might suck though.

You have a limited amount of auth's also by the sounds of it.
Then you probably have to phone them and go through a process of clearing it. This bit might suck though.
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The reason why they implemented this system is because people wanted to be able to deauthorize their games before an hardware upgrade or a planned format. This now allows you to run the program and deauthorize all you games before doing the upgrade or formatting and reinstalling windows.

Obsidian said:
This is a good move from EA, but what happens if you activate a game and something happens that you need to re-install windows before you could de-active the game.
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You will need to phone EA customer support and ask them for more activations. This can be a horrible experience. In the US the process tends to take 10 business days but here in SA I know of 1 gamer on another forum where it took 3 months.
 
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