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Y.A.S.U (Yet Another SecuROM/SafeDisc Utility): =============================================== Created for DAEMON Tools Lite v4.30.3 (or newer, will NOT work with olde r versions). Current version of Y.A.S.U v1.6.9040 was tested with DAEMON Tools Lite v 4.30.3 & DAEMON Tools Pro v4.30.304.47 with SPTD 1.56. Run Y.A.S.U click "Cloak" to hide your devices, run your game without an y hassles from the protection scheme (SecuROM/SafeDisc). To restore your settings simply click "Uncloak" and/or close/quit Y.A.S. U. Commandline Parameters: ======================= -s Silent mode (Using this when Y.A.S.U is active will hide Y.A.S.U in the system tray). -a Add to system start up. -r Remove from system start up. -x Terminates/Closes Y.A.S.U (only works if Y.A.S.U is already acti ve). -c Enables Y.A.S.U Anti-Blacklist(s) for SafeDisc & SecuROM. -uc Disables Y.A.S.U Anti-Blacklist(s). -nosd No SafeDisc. Y.A.S.U will NOT hide any devices from SafeDisc. -nosdi No Intelligent SafeDisc. Y.A.S.U will NOT use intelligent SafeDi sc Anti-Blacklist(s). -nosr No SecuROM. Y.A.S.U will NOT hide any devices from SecuROM. -nopc Disables Y.A.S.U permission checking. *NOTE: Using -nosd & -nosr together will just terminate Y.A.S.U (unless Y.A.S.U is already running). *NOTE: When using -s with Y.A.S.U v1.10 (or newer) devices are not auto matically hidden use "-s -c" to enable silent cloaking. Games Tested: ============= Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars v1.06 Test Drive Unlimited v1.66A Rainbow Six: Vegas v1.05 Monster Madness v1.01 Tomb Raider Anniversary (Demo) Heroes of Might and Magic V v1.05 Armed Assault v1.07 (Beta 5154) Silent Hunter 4 v1.20 Rayman Raving Rabbids v1.01 Dark Messiah of Might and Magic v1.03 GTR 2 v1.0 F.E.A.R v1.08 (Retail) Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter v1.30 Prey v1.10 SpellForce 2 v(unknown) FIFA 07 v(1.0.0.0) Need 4 Speed: Carbon v1.0.0.0

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Y.A.S.U (Yet Another SecuROM/SafeDisc Utility):===============================================

Created for DAEMON Tools Lite v4.30.3 (or newer, will NOT work with older versions).

Current version of Y.A.S.U v1.6.9040 was tested with DAEMON Tools Lite v4.30.3 &

DAEMON Tools Pro v4.30.304.47 with SPTD 1.56.

Run Y.A.S.U click "Cloak" to hide your devices, run your game without any hassles

from the protection scheme (SecuROM/SafeDisc).To restore your settings simply click "Uncloak" and/or close/quit Y.A.S.

U.

Commandline Parameters:=======================

-s Silent mode (Using this when Y.A.S.U is active will hide Y.A.S.U in the system tray).

-a Add to system start up.-r Remove from system start up.-x Terminates/Closes Y.A.S.U (only works if Y.A.S.U is already acti

ve).-c Enables Y.A.S.U Anti-Blacklist(s) for SafeDisc & SecuROM.-uc Disables Y.A.S.U Anti-Blacklist(s).-nosd No SafeDisc. Y.A.S.U will NOT hide any devices from SafeDisc.-nosdi No Intelligent SafeDisc. Y.A.S.U will NOT use intelligent SafeDi

sc Anti-Blacklist(s).-nosr No SecuROM. Y.A.S.U will NOT hide any devices from SecuROM.-nopc Disables Y.A.S.U permission checking.

*NOTE: Using -nosd & -nosr together will just terminate Y.A.S.U (unless Y.A.S.U is already running).

*NOTE: When using -s with Y.A.S.U v1.10 (or newer) devices are not automatically hidden

use "-s -c" to enable silent cloaking.

Games Tested:=============

Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars v1.06Test Drive Unlimited v1.66ARainbow Six: Vegas v1.05Monster Madness v1.01Tomb Raider Anniversary (Demo)Heroes of Might and Magic V v1.05Armed Assault v1.07 (Beta 5154)Silent Hunter 4 v1.20Rayman Raving Rabbids v1.01Dark Messiah of Might and Magic v1.03GTR 2 v1.0F.E.A.R v1.08 (Retail)Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter v1.30Prey v1.10SpellForce 2 v(unknown)FIFA 07 v(1.0.0.0)Need 4 Speed: Carbon v1.0.0.0

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World of Subways v1.4.8.0Far Cry 2 v0.1.0.1 (Original (7.38.0007))Far Cry 2 v0.1.0.1 (Direct from SecuROM (7.38.0012))Pro Evolution Soccer v1.0.0.0Space Siege v1.0.0.0 (SafeDisc 4.90.000 & 4.90.010)Puzzle Quest: Galactrix v1.0.0.0NecroVisioN v1.0.0.0Tomb Raider: Underworld v1.0.0.0Tomb Raider: Underworld v1.1.0.0

Protection Tested:==================

SecuROM:7.24.00xx7.26.00xx7.27.00xx7.29.00xx7.31.00xx7.32.00xx7.33.00xx7.38.00xx7.39.00xx

SafeDisc:4.60.0xx4.70.0xx4.80.0xx4.85.0xx4.90.0xx4.90.0xx

Version History:================

* NOTE: Please close any previous version(s) of Y.A.S.U before running a newer version, failing to do

so MAY cause problems and/or system instability.

1.6.9040:» Enhanced device detection/restoration routine(s).» Overhauled and updated SafeDisc & SecuROM cloaking routine(s).» Y.A.S.U will attempt to automatically detect and repair damaged/

corrupted/deleted registry data caused by other programs (i.e "DAEMON Tools Extensions").» Overhauled and updated SafeDisc & SecuROM cloaking routine(s).» Y.A.S.U will detect and use the System's current font, opposed t

o "Tahoma".» Updated Log output, will now display more/additional information

.» Fixed minor issue with Tray Icon Popup menu (when about dialog i

s visible).» Fixed minor bug with Balloon Tips (Tips will ONLY show cloaked d

rives).

1.6.9033:» Fixed SafeDisc cloaking issue(s) with nVidia ForceWare drivers.» Fixed tab order of controls.» Fixed minor bug with Log (ListView) Popup menu (Right-Click).» Minor GUI enhancements.

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» (Released for internal testing).

1.6.9032:» Fixed issue with SafeDisc 4.90 not cloaking correctly under Wind

ows XP (32bit).» Y.A.S.U will now prompt for Administrator credentials under Wind

ows XP (If required).» Y.A.S.U's log can now be copied directly to the windows Clipboar

d.» Added option to Y.A.S.U's log to only save/copy selected item(s)

.» Save log dialog will now specify a file name ("YASU_Log_(%Date%)

.txt"), opposed to "*.txt".» Upon saving a log, the user will be prompted to open the saved f

ile.» (Released for internal testing).

1.6.9030:» Fixed SecuROM 7.38/9 Blacklist of Y.A.S.U.» Updated SecuROM Anti-Blacklist(s) for version(s) 7.39.0004+.» Updated SafeDisc Anti-Blacklist(s) for version(s) 4.90 & 4.90.01

0.» Modified Y.A.S.U's main window, window is sizeable.» Minor GUI fixes.» (Released for internal testing).

1.5.8111:» Fixed SecuROM 7.3800012 Blacklist of Y.A.S.U.» Fixed Tray Icon hint(s).

1.5.8102:» Fixed bug with Y.A.S.U reporting incorrect DAEMON Tools Type (Li

te/Pro).» Fixed bug with Y.A.S.U not showing icon in the system tray when

devices are cloaked.

1.5.8101:» Fixed SecuROM 7.380007 Blacklist of Y.A.S.U.» Modified SecuROM Anti-Blacklist(s) for SecuROM 7.380007.» Upadted Y.A.S.U's icon(s).

1.4.7080:» Modified Y.A.S.U for exclusive use of DAEMON-Tools devices (Plea

se copy YASU.exe to your DAEMON-Tools directory).

1.3.7070:» Fixed SecuROM 7.330012 Blacklist of Y.A.S.U.» Fixed SecuROM 7.330012 Blacklist of DAEMON-Tools & Alcohol 120%.» Fixed a MAJOR bug between Y.A.S.U, DAEMON-Tools/Alcohol 120% & S

PTD (caused B.S.O.D for some users).» Modified Y.A.S.U's main window, Close button now closes/exits Y.

A.S.U, but enabled Minimize button to send/shrink Y.A.S.U to the System Tray.» Added option to disable "Top Most Window" (Right click system tr

ay icon -> "Options").

1.2b.7060:» Fixed SecuROM 7.330004 Blacklist of Y.A.S.U.» Fixed a bug with commandline parameters (i.e. adding Y.A.S.U to

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system startup).

1.2.7050:» Fixed SecuROM 7.330000 Blacklist of Y.A.S.U.» Modified SecuROM Anti-Blacklist(s).» Removed "System Permissions Check", Y.A.S.U is now less invasive

in the registry ;).» Added option to disable "Balloon Tips" (Right click system tray

icon -> "Options").

1.1.7035:» Modified "System Permissions Check", now works more effectively.» Added balloon tips, tips are only visible if Y.A.S.U's main wind

ow is hidden.» Implemented "Permission Repair", this will attempt to repair dam

aged/invalid registry permissions, » this function is NOT automatic and will prompt before continuing

.» Few minor bugs fixed, Window Icon overlapping Text, File name in

Log save dialog.

1.1.7034:» Modified "System Permissions Check", displays the specific error

in Y.A.S.U's log.» Fixed incorrect time in log (for users with daylight savings).» Added button for saving Y.A.S.U's log.» Fixed Y.A.S.U's main window icon (i.e. using Alt+Tab).» Fixed log scrolling when Y.A.S.U is hidden.

1.1.7033:» Fixed "System Permissions Check", was not working correctly.» Made Y.A.S.U's main window a little larger.» Added images to Y.A.S.U's log.» Optimized Y.A.S.U for use NT (Unicode) system(S) ONLY!!!.

1.1.7031:» Completely rebuilt from scratch.» Y.A.S.U now has a nice GUI, this should make Y.A.S.U a little ea

sier to use.» Y.A.S.U is now visible in the System Tray (users can see if Y.A.

S.U is running or not).» Fixed SecuROM 7.31 Blacklist(s) of DAEMON-Tools and Alcohol 120%

(52%).» Fixed SecuROM 7.31 Blacklist of Y.A.S.U.» Added Intelligent SafeDisc 4.x Anti-Blacklist(s), not really req

uired but it works.» Added various new Commandline Parameters (check above for info).» Modified commandline interpretation, if Y.A.S.U is already activ

e you can pass additional commands to it (i.e. Enable or Disable Anti-Blacklist(s) witho

ut exiting/restarting Y.A.S.U).» Added system permission check(s), this will check if Y.A.S.U has

the required permissions to run effectively on your system (can be disabled via parameters

but not recommended).» When adding Y.A.S.U to the system start up (-a) the default para

meters are "-s -c", there is an easy way to overwrite the start up parameters (wit

hout Regedit), when using "-a" add the parameters that you would like Y.A.S.U to start with (

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i.e. "YASU.exe -a -s -c -nosd" OR "YASU.exe -a -s -c -nosdi -nosr"), ONLY "-s, -c, -nosd, nos

di, -nosr, -nopc" can be added to start up parameters, additional parameters will be removed.» Added a Log, so now you can see what Y.A.S.U is doing, the log c

an also be saved/cleared via mouse (right click).

* NOTES: » Y.A.S.U can only be terminated via the system tray icon (right click) alternatively you

can use "yasu.exe -x" from the command prompt. » Some Y.A.S.U features can be accessed via the system tr

ay icon (right click). » Use system tray icon to hide/show Y.A.S.U (left click).

* That about covers all the major updates/changes, many minor updates/changes where not included.

1.07 :» Fixed bug which caused Y.A.S.U to crash under Windows XP SP2.» Modified silent mode (as requested), Y.A.S.U will NO longer disp

lay confirmation dialog when» closing in silent mode.

1.06 :» Fixed, major bug which caused *All your CD/DVD-ROM devices to re

assign drive letters on reboot, many thanks to "Alex Choporov" for pointing this out.» Added support for Windows Vista x64 (Y.A.S.U now prompts for the

correct user permissions, when run).» Added two new command line options, -nosd & -nosr (check "Comman

dline Parameters" for more info).» Modified Y.A.S.U Hide & Restore feature(s), should be a bit safe

r now.» Added icon for Y.A.S.U as requested.

1.05 :» Fixed SecuROM 7.30 Blacklist(s)...» Y.A.S.U now hides physical CD/DVD-ROM Devices (Required for new

SecuROM)

1.04 :» Fixed SecuROM 7.29 (updated) Blacklist(s)...

1.03 :» Added support for SafeDisc 4.x

1.02b :» Fixed SecuROM 7.29 Blacklist of DAEMON-Tools Virtual Drives (als

o Alcohol 120%).

1.02 :» Fixed SecuROM 7.29 Blacklist of Y.A.S.U.

1.01 :» Fixed error(s) introduced with Windows Update KB923191 (affects

Windows 2000/XP/2003 using windows theme(s)).» Message Dialogs will stay on top of all windows.

1.00 :

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» Initial release.

Information:============

Created for DT Soft, Ltd.By: sYk0.

Additional Copyrights:======================

SecuROM - Copyright (C) Sony DADC.SafeDisc - Copyright (C) Macrovision Corporation.