TryMedia ActiveMark protected casual games won't run

May 11, 2007, 01:01 AM #1
webdeck Junior Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 21	TryMedia ActiveMark protected casual games won't run I have several casual games (such as Bejeweled, Zuma, Poppit, etc.) which I have paid for. However, these games use TryMedia's ActiveMark DRM copy protection. When you launch the game, the DRM prevents it from running under Parallels with the following error: This application cannot run with an active debugger in memory. Please unload the debugger and restart the application. I am not running any sort of debugger. It appears that something about Parallels triggers the DRM's anti-debugger defense. Similar non-DRM'ed games run fine under Parallels, as these games are not graphic intensive, so I'm fairly confident that these games would perform acceptably if they would run. I would really like to be able to play the games that I own under Parallels, without having to reboot into Boot Camp. Is this a known Parallels issue that's being worked on? Is there anything I can do with my setup to get it to work? Details: Parallels build 3188 (running Windows XP SP2) on Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a MacBook with 2GB RAM. Thanks, -Mike

May 11, 2007, 01:01 AM

webdeck
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TryMedia ActiveMark protected casual games won't run

I have several casual games (such as Bejeweled, Zuma, Poppit, etc.) which I have paid for. However, these games use TryMedia's ActiveMark DRM copy protection. When you launch the game, the DRM prevents it from running under Parallels with the following error:

This application cannot run with an active debugger in memory.
Please unload the debugger and restart the application.

I am not running any sort of debugger. It appears that something about Parallels triggers the DRM's anti-debugger defense. Similar non-DRM'ed games run fine under Parallels, as these games are not graphic intensive, so I'm fairly confident that these games would perform acceptably if they would run. I would really like to be able to play the games that I own under Parallels, without having to reboot into Boot Camp.

Is this a known Parallels issue that's being worked on? Is there anything I can do with my setup to get it to work?

Details: Parallels build 3188 (running Windows XP SP2) on Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a MacBook with 2GB RAM.

Thanks,
-Mike

May 12, 2007, 09:14 PM #2
Hugh Watkins Senior Member Join: Jul 2006 Posts: 976	have you tried http://www.trymedia.com/corporate/contact_us.shtml what do they say? are you using a parallels beta? please state versions of OSes parallels and so on Hugh W __________________ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks in Copenhagen GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

May 12, 2007, 10:05 PM

webdeck
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh Watkins

are you using a parallels beta?
please state versions of OSes parallels and so on

Hugh W

I stated that in my original post:

Quote:

Originally Posted by webdeck

Details: Parallels build 3188 (running Windows XP SP2) on Mac OS X 10.4.9 on a MacBook with 2GB RAM.

May 26, 2007, 07:18 PM #4
drkmstr Junior Member Join: May 2007 Posts: 1	Same Problem Same problem I would love to know any solutions you have come across

May 27, 2007, 06:04 PM #5
pfloydn Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 24	Don't purchase software from them in the future that's DRM'd? That's what I've come to decide. It just causes hassles for me, doesn't seem to keep the price down - so I buy only products that I can move around without restriction.

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