: If all else fails, consider purchasing the game through a different platform (like Steam, if it's available there) that might have better support and no SecuROM issues.
Since SecuROM was designed to check for the original disc, a (which completely removes DRM) often fixes this permanently.
While it feels like a software error, a handshake failure between the game and your GPU can trigger initialization hangs.
Sometimes the DRM simply cannot handle the modern OS architecture without help simulating an older environment.
