Syberia 1 - Wanting to replay it on Win 7

Hi, I just got Syberia 3 and so I wanted to replay the series from the beginning. I bought Syberia 1 soon after it first came out so I'm assuming I played it on Windows XP. I have Windows 7 now and I can't get it to start. I bought the game in the original DVD, as opposed to buying the 3 parts from BigFish. It keeps saying to start the game from an Administrator's account. I only have 1 account setup on this computer and I checked the "User Accounts" in the Control Panel, and yep, I'm listed as an Administrator. I tried altering the "Share" option to include "everyone", but that didn't work. I've tried compatibility mode, but that didn't work either. I'm really not sure what else I should do.

Thanks for any help,
Dax

Since this is a technical question, you should ask it in the Glitches forum were the techies hang out!

I moved your post over to Glitches since this is a technical question.

I believe that Syberia has copy protection that is preventing you from playing the game. You can read about the issues here.

The simplest solution is to buy the digital download version from GOG or from Steam, as this gets rid of the copy protection issue as well as the game has been tweaked to run on newer operating systems. The digital download from GOG is available here and the Steam download can be found here. I have seen it for sale on both sites for less money than what we are seeing at present, so if the price bothers you, I would wait for a sale.

If you're trying to play from the disc, the game probably won't work because of the disc-based DRM.

I suggest buying a DRM-free download.
GOG and Fireflower both have DRM-free versions
https://www.gog.com/game/syberia
https://fireflowergames.com/products/syberia

There may be other game shops that sell these DRM-free.

Windows 7 didn't originally block disc-based DRM but security updates made it so it did. Any disc-based DRM that installs low level drivers is going to get blocked.


You can try right-clicking the .exe or shortcut and choosing "Run As Administrator" but if the problem is with the DRM that probably won't help.

Right-clicking the game exe or shortcut and choosing "Run As Administrator" is not the same as running from an account with Administrator privileges. Even if you are using an account with Administrator privileges you may have to do the right-click thing to get an older game to run. And of course if the problem is really with the DRM it won't help either way.

And I agree with both Marian and Jenny. My discs wouldn't work on Windows 7 or Windows 10 either because of the copy protection. Purchasing the DRM free version from GOG or Fireflower will ensure you can play the game.

Thanks everybody. :-) I bought it from GOG - now to wait for an eternity while it downloads from GOG!

Enjoy your replay.

Have fun... it's always such a treat to revisit these characters and the story.