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Windows 7 doesn't start after installing a game with StarForce protection

Windows 7 doesn't start after installing a game with StarForce protection

I installed a game, which uses the StarForce protection under Windows 7 (64-bit).

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Guest [Entry]

"From StarForce – the ultimate evil :

No big deal, boot up in safe mode and
delete the problematic drivers, right?
No such luck, StarForce had even
managed to install these broken
drivers in safe mode.
Next stop, the Vista installation
disk, which has a repair feature. The
repair went as expected, showed
success, but when I tried to reboot,
the problem was still there.
Luckily I had a Knoppix Live-CD lying
around from some old experiments, and
this was able to boot the machine into
linux. A couple of driver downloads
later I was able to access the files
on the main hard drive, and delete the
offending StarForce drivers by hand,
which fixed the problem.

List of drivers from How can I get rid of Starforce? :

Unofficial way to remove Starforce

Remove these files:
%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\sfsync03.sys
%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\sfhlp02.sys
%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\sfdrv01.sys

Remove these registry keys:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\sfsync03
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\sfhlp02
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\sfdrv01"
Guest [Entry]

"When this problem occurs, you can press F8 to enter the boot menu. Safe mode etc. Choose disable driver signature enforcement to enter windows normally and fix this problem.
Unfortunately, you cannot fix this problem by just doing system restore"