[BNM] disabling Vista DRM

[Alex Farran]

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:33:32 +0100 (BST), "Chris Billett" <chris at chrisbillett.net> said:

> That might actually be the cause of my one major annoyance - when
> using iTunes, the computer flips out and hangs occasionally. I hadn't
> thought much of it as I use my CD player more. Call me old
> fashioned...

> Any way to turn DRM off, that anyone knows?

I don't think it's a DRM issue.  It's more fundamental than that.  In
an attempt to avoid playback glitches Vista throttles back network
activity when you play music and movies.

Very geeky explanation here: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2007/08/27/1833290.aspx
Commentary here: http://blog.rlove.org/2007/08/those-dang-dpcs-clogging-mmcss.html


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