Volendo rispondere ai feedback dei giocatori, riguardante DRM e SecuEROM con Spore, Maxis ha deciso di rilasciare un programma standalone che permette agli utenti di "de-autorizzare" un computer se se vuole permettere di rendere disponibile l'autorizzazione su un altro PC.

Istruzioni (in inglese):

By running the de-authorisation tool, a machine "slot" will be freed up on the online Product Authorisation server and can then be re-used by another machine.

You can de-authorise at any time, even without uninstalling Spore, and free up that machine authorisation. If you re-launch Spore on the same machine, the game will attempt to re-authorise.

If you have not reached the machine limitation, the game will authorise and the machine will be re-authorised using up one of the five available machines.

Running the Tool



Download and extract the zip file to a directory of your choice.
Launch the exe
The tool will need to update 3 important files in order to complete the de-authorisation process.

Notes about Vista and UAC
Please ensure that UAC (User Account Control) is turned off if you are running Windows® Vista. This setting can be changed by going to the Control Panel and choosing the User Account tab.

At this time the tool is only available on the PC, Mac users will need to check back at a later date.