Installation issue
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My first time trying to install BMS on Windows 10.
Full version installer 4.35.
When I click on Windows pops up a warning dialog “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device”.
Does it mean I downloaded spyware instead of the BMS?
I downloaded the installation file from the torrent officially linked to in the 4.35 release announcement, but maybe that linked was spoofed?Windows 10 frequently shows this prompt to users for most all software and has nothing to do with the legitimacy of that software as seen by Windows - it’s a final double-check to users that “Hey, you’re about to install something - are you sure it’s good/safe cuz we can’t be!”
This also should prevent someone being in the same user account as you and installing something (say I was connected through TeamViewer or maybe some other software, that screen would not be visible to me, only on the terminal monitor - to you at your desk).
Sometimes, software (such as an .exe) will have a “blocked” flag inserted by Windows 10, and can be bypassed before executing by right clicking on the .exe and selecting ‘Properties’, then (if it exists) unchecking the box next to ‘Unblock’ – if this is not present, Windows 10 has not inserted a block:
If you verify that the .torrent file you have is the official .torrent released by the BMS team, you can be sure the data it downloads is correct and legitimate since this is how torrents work. You are correct that the actual .torrent file and link to it could be spoofed, however unlikely, and you can verify for yourself before executing the .torrent with your client software by using the following method:
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If anyone encounters the reinstallation registry issue simply run regedit.exe and delete the following entry:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Benchmark Sims
Then run installer again and it will be fixed. Works with BMS 4.35 U2.