Windows 10: Annoing ADs again!

Hello all: Our PCs is the major place for ADs to invade. Today a new AD, weather and a lot ADs, comes into my tray. My task-bar is very crowded, this AD makes my task-bar full! annoing!!! Can you help me to drive it out??!! -- Zhao

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ANNO 1701 // 1701 AD Windows 10

Hi BossDweeb, thanks for replying.

I'll try to go step by step.

First of all, that first link corresponds to Anno 1404, not 1701 A.D. Anyway yeah I patched the game to version 1.02 (1.04 is not available in spanish therefore I can't install it because it throws a language error). I've even installed the game on English
and patched it to 1.04 but it did not make a change.

Next point. Yes, I have installed the x64 Tages version before I installed the game. Did not work.

I think I'll try with the noCD game fix(even though I did not see and spanish version). I'll keep you informed.

Thanks for your time,

Reg.

 

ANNO 1701 // 1701 AD Windows 10

Hi Reg. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 9 year Windows MVP here to help you.

I can't find anyone who's been able to get it to run in Windows 10. There are some suggestions for a successor game here:

https://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f59/ann...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you'll wait to rate whether my post helped you, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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ANNO 1701 // 1701 AD Windows 10

- Have you patched the game ?

Downloads

"I have installed the last Tages drivers "

- I can't find good information on the DRM used by Anno 1701 but see the German version of Anno (which Anno is not specified, so

it may be an earlier Anno) uses SecuROM. Some European versions of game do use different DRM than USA and other versions though.

Have you tried reinstalling the game after installing 64bit Tages ( I think I had to do this with The Witcher, which also comes with

an 32bit Tages) ?

Assuming you installed the 64bit Tages driver, that update should fix the issue caused by early versions of Tages not being compatible

with 64bit Windows, if your version uses Tages (I see people had problems with 64bit Win7 as well).

- (just to verify the version you installed) - http://www.tagesprotection.com/5.5/TagesSetup_x64.exe

If the problem is due to the copy protection, and 64bit Tages does not fix it, the easiest way to make your disc based version run

is to use a noCD fix\hack.

This is necessary for many games on Win 10, in some cases
due to 64bit Windows (which some versions of SecuROM

also have a problem with), but by far the greatest problem with disc based games is due to MS building a 'feature' into Win10

that blocks the driver used by SafeDisk DRM (secdrv.sys) as this was used on hundreds of games up to around 2006.

- I've been getting my noCD fixes from this site for over ten years -
https://megagames.com/games/anno-1701

- If you don't want to use noCD fixes, and don't want to continue using a ( 'free' ? ) download you should be able to get a

legitimate copy of the game from -
Good Old Games - when it's on 'sale' for around $5- USD.

Another advantage to using a download version from GOG is they will have done other fixes\tweaks that may prevent

the game from running properly on Win10.

The game was launched in 2006 so there shouldn't be any issues other than DRM, but you never know.

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