[Bug 12653] The Sims crashes on startup

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12653





--- Comment #9 from Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry at codeweavers.com>  2008-10-06 07:25:50 ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> According to my research on Safedisc the following will assist in proper
> execution of SafeDisc programs: 
> Programs, libraries, and modules should be able to write to themselves unless
> explicitly said otherwise.  This "default off" self-protection is an unusual,
> and possibly dangerous "standard" in Windows, but must be done to follow
> (unwritten) standard.

That's not true.

> Additionally, they should be able to create overlapping pages.   This is
> another unusual behavior that Windows permits.
> To allow both these functions Wine would have to be compiled with certain
> modules explicitly not using libMudFlap nor libSafe if installed, and
> explicitly modified to deactivate checks on programs attacking themselves.

Before suggesting the solutions please provide the test cases (preferably
integrated into Wine test suite) confirming the above claims.


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