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Disclaimer:
This is posted to illustrate the insecurity of the VBOX system and to
make them aware of this security hole. It is also posted to illustrate
the fact that their delivery system is actually user HOSTILE and makes
it damn near impossible to reinstall a game YOU OWN if your hard drive
goes out. The author does not condone the use of this technique, nor
will he/she be held responsible for any misuse of the information
provided.

1. Purchase one copy of Arcomage from the website. This is the only one
you'll need.
2. Go through the whole download process.
3. Once you get to the point that you have an 'Arcomage.exe' with the
VBOX icon, run it and let the download process begin.
4. Once the download is complete, another dialog pops up, titled 'Thank
you for Your Purchase of Arcomage'. It may also mention something about
verifying your license or installing a license. At this point, go to
your Windows directory and look for a directory called VBOX.
5. Copy the entire VBox directory to some other location for safe
keeping (desktop works great!), and make a copy of the file
arcomage.exe found in
C:\WINDOWS\Vbox\Installers\Release_Arcomage_2.5.2_en-us (this is not
the one that you initially ran to initiate the long download which is
436KB, but is the actual 8MB setup file). Copy it somewhere else, like
your desktop, making sure to not overwrite the original arcomage.exe
that you first downloaded (which is 436KB)... just rename it to
something like Arcomage.real.install.exe or something.
6. Once you've done this, most of the hard work is over. Go ahead and
run the 8MB setup file called Arcomage.exe... you will get a warning in
a textbox stating that you only have 2 tries before your license is
wiped off the hard drive, etc... just click Continue and proceed with
the install.
7. Once this process is finished, you will now be able to play Arcomage
on the first machine.
8. On any OTHER computer that you wish to run Arcomage on, first copy
the Arcomage.exe (8MB version) from the original computer to the new
computer. Run the setup and let it finish. Run the game and note that
you get some notice that the Trial version has expired. Exit the game.
9. Now copy the entire VBox folder over to the target machine into the
Windows directory (so you wind up with a new c:\windows\vbox directory
on the target machine).
10. Double click the Arcomage shortcut that was created by the setup in
step #7. You should NOT get the stupid 'Trial has expired' error, and
now it will run on both machines! has expired' error now, and now it
will run on both machines!


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