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    WMP DRM Messed Horribly on Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dereileak, May 11, 2008.

  1. dereileak

    dereileak Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok, I was messing around with the drm on vista, and messed up WMP very badly, so I cant play and drm napster songs or netflix movies. I have vista with wmp ....7000 installed, so the newest version. I need to reinstall WMP, so that I can restore my drm. I have tried system restore, no luck there, and I have tried many other things. If anyone can help me to get this back to normal, that would be great. I would prefer not to reinstall vista, I think its retarded how microsoft made wmp built into vista, its messes up many things. Thanks to all that help me, I have had this problem for a week, and its making me mad. If you need any more info just ask. I have a dell 1520, vista home premium sp1.

    derek
     
    dereileak, May 11, 2008
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    What did you do to mess WMP 11? We need more information.
     
    coolguy, May 11, 2008
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    This sounds like unhelpful flamebait, but Windows Media DRM is awful and you should stop using anything that uses it. Even Microsoft knows it (the Zune brand/system doesn't use WMDRM).
     
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  4. dereileak

    dereileak Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, for starts i tried to rollback wmp to an older version, which messed up my drm, so I deleted my drm to renue it, but it wont individualize itself online, so I deleted the wmp registrys, which I read that vista would recongnize on restart that they are missing, and ask to reinstall, well that didnt happen, so im stuck ><
     
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    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    In order to reset DRM, you can try a couple steps. Follow this KB, and you should be good to go. Don't worry that you didn't change any hardware in your machine, because this problem can happen other ways and the fix is the same. I had the same problem awhile back when trying to watch Netflix shows instantly.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891664/en-us
     
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    ttup..can u tell me where is DRM thingy located?
     
    Nocturnal310, May 11, 2008
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    in Windows Vista it should be located under this path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\DRM (DRM folder is hidden) go to folder options, check Show hidden files and folders, and then uncheck the Hide protected operating system files check box. Back up the files in the DRM folder elsewhere then delete everything in that folder. I had that problem too after I threw in a T9300 into my lappy.
     
    dougy86, May 11, 2008
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    So are u suggesting i should delete the DRM?
    Does it improve performance ? coz i really dont care about DRM in my comp.
     
    Nocturnal310, May 11, 2008
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    We are suggesting you shouldn't. And no, it's not gonna improve your performances.

    He needs to delete it to re-initiate it.
     
    JCMS, May 11, 2008
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  10. nizzy1115

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    sounds like you were trying to circumnavigate the drm protections to strip files...thats a no no.
     
    nizzy1115, May 11, 2008
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  11. ttupa

    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    Deleting the DRM folder does absolutely nothing to strip files of their protection. It just makes your computer forget all of the licenses you purchased/downloaded to play that content. When you re-individualize WMP using the link in the KB, it re-creates that DRM folder. Then you have to go back to your subscription sites and play the content again so the license gets restored.
     
    ttupa, May 11, 2008
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  12. nizzy1115

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    No kidding, im not stupid. He was rolling back his windows media player version. Why would someone do that? Oh cuz its part of the process to strip drm.
     
    nizzy1115, May 11, 2008
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