[BNM] disabling Vista DRM

[Antony Jones]

> 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.

I bet somebody got paid a fortune to come up with that 'workaround'.

I'm deadly serious when I ask how a windows 'fanboy' can even exist.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org [mailto:bnmlist-
> bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Alex Farran
> Sent: 04 September 2007 14:55
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] disabling Vista DRM
> 
> 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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