Poll: Can EA do this???

[triggrhappy94]

I think its just a default thing that kicks in every once and awhile.
I know its happened to me before, but there was a button that said, "Do it anyways" or something to that effect.
I don't think EA did anything unless you accidently tripped a DRM trip-wire.

 

[GoaThief]

Classic.

"This is why people pirate"... except the problems they have with games are due to buggy torrents not the developers/publishers. Yeah, we believe you when you tell us pirating is easier than going legal.

 

[CaptainOctopus]

don't pirate games, don't buy games from ea

 

[SergejH]

EA is pretty shi**y, but this is problem between monitor and chair...

Edit: I just read, that you didnt buy it, so why did you made this thread??? Are you just stupid, or are you a real imbecil??? I have nothing against "i downloadapirateversionseeifitrunsandhowgooditisandthenbuy", but complaining about ALTERED version...

 

[Actual]

I'm amazed at all the people posting that he's a pirate. That's not the way communication works, you read and then you write, or we're all just shouting into the wind.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I'm not a lawyer so I have no idea if they have the right to or not. Personally I think it's just f***ing wrong and that it shouldn't happen, but my morality is not the law.

 

[evilneko]

If you have Windows Vista or 7, you are not an Administrator...even if you are an Administrator.

 

[aprildog18]

Did you actually try to delete the folder by pressing the delete button? Or did you go into the add/remove programs place and press uninstall? Some games I've played didn't allow you do just delete the folder itself (because some registry files goodies or something).

 

[Robert Ewing]

I haven't bought an EA game since the lord of the rings return of the king came out. That was donkeys years ago.

It was a terrible game, with draconian DRM. Never again EA, never again. Also, all they release is crap, so meh.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Stop. Buying. EA. Games.

That! Who in their right mind still buys anything with EA's name attached to it anyway?

I do. I have SWTOR, the Dragon Age series, and all the Harry Potter games. EA never did anything to me.

I repeat, who in their right mind with any sufficiently functioning brain cells and doesn't like getting raped up the ass...?

You know what, this fucking witch hunt on EA has gotten tiresome. EA is a publisher, and they are in the business of funding and selling video games. I have no idea what issue people have with them. I`ve read Origin`s terms of service. It is no more spyware than Steam is. The only info they collect is system specs so they can know what the average PC gamer is using.

This usually means their games are going to be better optimized, as they can tell what processor, RAM and Video card you are using. The same information that is accessible to anyone who can type dxdiag into a command bar.

So what is it then. Their monopolizing of games, maybe. But the only franchises they own that are in any way stagnating are Battlefield and EA Sports.

Oh I know. It`s the DRM and online passes they are trying to do.

The last three Jimquisitions shed an interesting light on the state of gamers and piracy. Most gamers think it`s okay to pirate a game if the publisher or whoever owns the rights to a game is wealthy. And anyone who pirates an indie game is worse than Hitler.

EA is wealthy. Gamers enjoy pirating from wealthy people. Looks like EA has to protect themselves.

Suck it up.

No, my issues with EA have nothing to do with Origin or DRM or any of that. Although it certainly doesn't help that they're determined to fight piracy by screwing over their legitimate paying customers every chance they get, but then everyone seems to be into doing that these days.

Stop. Buying. EA. Games.

That! Who in their right mind still buys anything with EA's name attached to it anyway?

People with consoles and Mass Effect fanboys.

And people who really really like being on the receiving end of corporate butt rape.

Stop. Buying. EA. Games.

That! Who in their right mind still buys anything with EA's name attached to it anyway?

I do. I have SWTOR, the Dragon Age series, and all the Harry Potter games. EA never did anything to me.

I repeat, who in their right mind with any sufficiently functioning brain cells and doesn't like getting raped up the ass...?

Im beginning to get a vibe of an EA witch hunter here. Play a little bit too much Spore did you?

You see, unlike you i intend to give EA another chance, next year, but a chance all the same. Ill get Origin, buy and download Command and Conquer Generals 2, install then play it, then decide for myself whether EA deserves all the bad PR its getting for one line in its EULA.

Or ill simply join the witch hunters who are going at them for making terrible games. C&C4 was not a pleasnt experience, Generals 2 has a high bar to leap over for the sheer awfulness of its predecessor.

No, I've never played Spore. And I don't do witch hunts. But you'll have to pardon me if I seem a little cynical after reading thread after thread about gamers bitching and whining about this company or that company and yet are still willing to come back and take more crap from said company. Really it's no wonder game publishers won't take gamers seriously, we can't commit to anything. Incidentily, I had no idea that comment would be so poorly recieved and I was in a foul mood when I posted it. I'd go back and edit it if I could, but I've already recieved mod wrath for it so I can't.

And people who really really like being on the receiving end of corporate butt rape.

Well you've made it quite clear that you don't like EA but now you're just being annoying. Either just make your post and move on or grow some of your own brain cells and figure out that this wasn't EA's fault, it was somebody pirating one of their games.

Why are we still pulling this shit? The Escapist community is supposed to be about games and why we love them. Not hating on EA because of something that wasn't their fault.

Yes yes, I realized that the OP had pirated the game AFTER I'd already made that post. SORRY.
I still hate EA though, I'll just try to keep it to myself more.

 

[yaydod]

Who said i bought the game?
I will never instal Origin on my computer in it's current state, maybe if they become more human and ot those robots who have money runing in theire veins.

And it might be a windows issue.

Then with any hope it's a virus you pirating genius.

Well in fact NO, now with some fidiling it works fine.

Get someone who knows what they're doing on the machine.
They'll be able to fix it.

Don't ask me unless you have the ability to transfer money. I get paid for my tech work.

I was able to fix this probelem, the game works fine now block it's acces to internet with my firewall, also i am a student in computer programming so i know how too fix these damn things


Edit : I also said in a previous thread i will buy the game via steam sales if is decent, also the demo crashed on my pc during a cinematic after i get out in the open.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

If you didn't buy it I'm going to guess you pirated it. I know that's not the only explanation, but it is the most likely one. But did you know that if you buy it on Steam you're not giving any money to EA since they're not the publisher on Steam? That's what I did and I'm a happy camper.

 

[ExileNZ]

Pebkac or not, the solution is simple - grab yourself a disc-booting copy of Linux (Knoppix or Ubuntu or whatever you like, you're not going to install it anyway) and delete the files from there. Then all you have to do is spit out the disc and reboot

 

[ph0b0s123]

To get rid of the directory you can try two things. Look up a guide on how to set permissions for files and directories in Windows first via Google. Go I can wait as I will go quite quick below.

First make sure Origin is not running.....

Then try going into the 'advanced' setting in the security tab for the directory. Then go to the owners tab and add yourself as the owner. Select replace owner in sub items. If you do not get an error from that you can go to the permissions section and add 'everyone' to have full rights. If this is accepted you should be able to delete the directory.

If you get errors from the above the trick is to do the same thing on the directory above the one you want to delete, but make sure to select that the changes get made to sub folders. If the directory you have to change has move than just the folder you want to delete in it, then move the folder you want to delete to another directory where just it is, as you don't want to change the permissions of other folders than the one you don't want to delete.

O/T If true this is another example of EA believing they have the right to all your system info and to be able to monkey around on our systems as they desire. Another reason that unless something changes Origin is coming no where near my PC.

 

[BeerTent]

Get someone who knows what they're doing on the machine.
They'll be able to fix it.

Don't ask me unless you have the ability to transfer money. I get paid for my tech work.

I was able to fix this probelem, the game works fine now block it's acces to internet with my firewall, also i am a student in computer programming so i know how too fix these damn things


Edit : I also said in a previous thread i will buy the game via steam sales if is decent, also the demo crashed on my pc during a cinematic after i get out in the open.

Just because your a programmer, it doesn't mean you know a whole lot. I've seen some people give me the look when I say "Run this," And I still was pretty busy re-imaging machines because certain programmers needed some free smileys, and games that would make it a waste of time to clean up the viral mess they leave behind.

While Eclipse and Visual Studio may be your tools, Acronis and a screwdriver are my tools.
What Am I?

 

[yaydod]

Get someone who knows what they're doing on the machine.
They'll be able to fix it.

Don't ask me unless you have the ability to transfer money. I get paid for my tech work.

I was able to fix this probelem, the game works fine now block it's acces to internet with my firewall, also i am a student in computer programming so i know how too fix these damn things


Edit : I also said in a previous thread i will buy the game via steam sales if is decent, also the demo crashed on my pc during a cinematic after i get out in the open.

Just because your a programmer, it doesn't mean you know a whole lot. I've seen some people give me the look when I say "Run this," And I still was pretty busy re-imaging machines because certain programmers needed some free smileys, and games that would make it a waste of time to clean up the viral mess they leave behind.

While Eclipse and Visual Studio may be your tools, Acronis and a screwdriver are my tools.
What Am I?

Sorry didnt mean to be offensive, well actualy I use Python, java and C++.
Im sure you know what you are doing.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Edit: Seriously now, you pirated it and now complain about what the company released... guess what they didn't make the shoddy upload.

Anyway the solution is a small free program called FileAssassin, it will shred any and all programs no matter how deeply imbedded and protected.

 

[Atmos Duality]

As much as I'd like to hate on EA some more, this sounds like a common user error.

1) Make sure *nothing* in the folder is being accessed/used by another process. (this includes Origin)
2) That includes Sandbox environments (security software limiting the extent of access that other software, Origin in this case, can access) if you're using any.

If you've closed everything and it still won't take, it's probably just a rogue process you have to close manually. If don't know the process that's accessing the folder, use the LOG OUT function, and log back in. This will usually clear those silly rogue/ghost processes in Windows.

Failing that, reboot and don't let Origin load on boot.

If the folder is under constant access by something else, you need to find it and block/terminate it. From what I can tell, Origin doesn't administratively lock you out like malware or other critical files (mostly shell-centric files), though I don't use Origin myself: this is just from what I've been able to find.

 

[spartan231490]

There are a lot of computer programs that prevent you from removing them. Semantic antivirus does it remarkably well, for example. So, I'm going to say they have the legal right. Still a dick move though.

 

[Lilani]

-snip-

Something like that happened to me once. Just because you're the only user doesn't mean you have administrator privileges. Close out all extra applications, and then go into the user account settings to make absolutely sure you are a user AND an administrator. Even double check by making another account and switching it to administrator then back if you must.