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Battle for Middle Earth II On Windows 10

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First post, by candle_86

Posted on 2016-03-28, 14:00

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So anyone tried to get BFME II running on windows 10, it works on 7, 8 and 8.1 but not on 10. It simply refuses to load, and no patch so far has fixed it. Right now I run it on my retrobox but an Athlon XP and FX 5900 are a little underpowered for it.

Reply 1 of 2, by teleguy

Posted on 2016-03-28, 14:09

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From what I can find online the game uses safedisc. Microsoft dropped support for Safedisc and Securom on Windows 10 so the only way to run such games is using a crack.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/17/w … sc-securom-drm/

Reply 2 of 2, by ZellSF

Posted on 2016-03-28, 17:52

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Always consult the PCGamingWiki.

In addition to what that says, teleguy is probably right. That said as the article he links to writes, using a crack is not the only way (and not always possible). You can also self sign the Windows 8 version of the driver and use it in Windows 10 test mode.

I've tested and the game runs fine on Windows 10.

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