" Highly anticipated next-generation OS "Longhorn" or - after the latest official announcements- "Vista", will feature sophisticated A/V output content protection mechanisms, if not lock down the PC as someone would say, in an effort to comply to entertainment industry demands. "

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http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=14552

great.. how does it certify your own homemade HD content? or will that be fuzzy too.. don't understand how these checks will work.. or will it blacklist playing files with the same md5 sums from scene releases?

Everyyy time i need to re-install xp i always have to fix this ..

xp has problems deleting xvid & divx files since it's trying to read all the info about bitrates and blah.. so while it's busy trying to work this out (takes for bloody ever) you can't access those files.. .

remedy..

start - run

write: Regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll

to get the info shit back type:

Regsvr32 shmedia.dll

no i can just go here next time i forget.. yay

56K rocks my fuckin arse off

CHIPS AND GRAVY MOTHAFUCKA