Anyone truly worried about security would not be connected to a network.
Fixed that for you. Can we please stop pretending that there is a major difference in security between Windows and anything else? Linux has its flaws and patches, so does every flavor of UNIX.
The PHB is going to interpret the article as needing to reduce telecommuting. Why? The PHB loves the office environment and office relationships. He's not going to see the benefits, he's going to see the part about deteriorating office relationships (i.e. micromanagement).
This has nothing to do with the DRM in Windows, but everything to do with corrupted DRM storage and hardware that doesn't support HDCP. Don't blame the OS, blame the user that bought HD was too cheap to get a monitor with HDCP.
NO, Netflix is NOT asking for access to the entire system. Read the comments above, which indicates that the utility merely *resets* the Windows Media Player license storage due to corruption. This will prevent him from playing other DRMed files, unless he redownloads them from the provider. This is NOT a design flaw of Windows, for all we know his hard drive is going bad or he turned off his computer without shutting it down first, etc. People are way to fast to blame MS/Windows/DRM for problems without actually looking into what's going on.
No, apparently you don't know what you're doing. With the required DRM in a protected video path, data flows in encrypted format from the source to display device. You do not get the chance to dump the data. Even Torvalds agrees that DRM can exist in Linux.
Not so fast with the toting the customer off business. There are plenty of times when I've bought something and then changed my mind before opening it so I return it. If there's a brick in there, that's not proof enough to show that I put the brick there. If you're going to call the police, you'd better have more proof than that. You'd better be opening and re-shrink-wrapping every damn box that goes through the store, returned or not.
You have a problem either with your installation or with something you've installed. I run Vista on my Dell XPS, with a C2D, 3 GB RAM and I can complete multiple DVD size copies in the same amount of time. Perhaps you haven't installed the reliability fixes they released recently?
Congratulations! You have either a problem with your file system or your Windows installation. I move files around all the time and Explorer never crashes. Scan your file system, repair your installation or reinstall.
If you're going to reply to the comment chain, at least read the parts you're replying to. The discussion above was about CDs that you purchase and those most definitely aren't rentals. The subject changed, please keep up.
How is that any different from HP or Apple? They contract a Chinese manufacturer to build the parts, assemble it and then drop ship it to you (or a retailer).
He obviously hasn't been to a state with a serious illegal immigration problem. Here in AZ, illegals use the emergency room like it was their primary care physician. The only thing that should be taken out of the debate and shot is squiggleslash, for not doing basic research.
This way Joe Sixpack can go to BestBuy, pick out an overpriced TV, pay for an overpriced HDMI cable, overpriced DVD player and connect them with only one cable. Plus, the BestBuy flunky will tell him that he should buy another overpriced HDMI cable so he can connect his cable/satellite receiver for "high definition" to the TV. But wait, the flunky will now suggest that he buy the Monster connection kit for $150-200 so he gets all of the cables he could possibly need.
So many people use the TV's speakers for audio (my ears hurt just saying this) that for them, it makes sense to have one cable to connect the DVD player and one cable to connect the receiver.
So you're saying that the State AG, the consumer's last resort when a company fails to live up to its legal obligation should not sue? Think about that for a minute and then let us know if you still think the AG should not sue.
I really wish Dell would let me replace more parts. They sent me a new side panel for my desktop because it was rattling and insisted that they send a technician. I know for a fact I can push a slider out, pull the panel off and snap a new one in. Instead I had to stay home all day waiting for a technician. Fact is, I can replace any part inside of a computer, I just wish they would let me.
Sounds like things work very differently in the UK. I have a refurbished Latitude through the Small Business division with Gold Support and I have a separate number to call. I call up, get someone rather quickly that speaks English and get the part very quickly. Same for my refurbished XPS desktop.
Now, I have had normal home user support before and it was crap. Two hours only to be told that Hitatchi's Drive Fitness Test doesn't know what it's talking about with a failed Hitatchi hard drive and that I should rerun the Dell Diagnostics (which did not find a problem with the drive). So I just looked up Dell's Diagnostic failure codes, called back and two hours later I had a new hard drive coming. But it still took 4 hours. Never again will I go back to normal consumer support from Dell.
Your hamburger analogy is flawed. The correct analogy would be to advertise that your hamburgers can come with 1/2 pound of beef, double cheese, etc. and then advertise that if you buy a salad you will get the basic hamburger. Is it your fault that customers don't check into what a basic hamburger means?
Every manufacturer advertised that Windows XP Home upgraded to Windows Vista Home Basic. If you bought a machine with an Express Upgrade to Vista Home Premium then you bought one that could run the Aero effects. What it sounds like is customers drooled over the advertising, forgot the warnings that they would get Vista Home Basic and then whined when they didn't do their research.
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Are we reading the same comment? Since when is two products a "litany"?
What are you smoking? My house is 25c. My hard drive idles at 45c and my GPU between 50 and 60c. Why haven't they died a quick and early death?
Source?
Anyone truly worried about security would not be connected to a network.
Fixed that for you. Can we please stop pretending that there is a major difference in security between Windows and anything else? Linux has its flaws and patches, so does every flavor of UNIX.
The PHB is going to interpret the article as needing to reduce telecommuting. Why? The PHB loves the office environment and office relationships. He's not going to see the benefits, he's going to see the part about deteriorating office relationships (i.e. micromanagement).
This has nothing to do with the DRM in Windows, but everything to do with corrupted DRM storage and hardware that doesn't support HDCP. Don't blame the OS, blame the user that bought HD was too cheap to get a monitor with HDCP.
And research this before suggestion litigation. The issue is corrupted DRM storage, not destruction of existing paid-for content.
NO, Netflix is NOT asking for access to the entire system. Read the comments above, which indicates that the utility merely *resets* the Windows Media Player license storage due to corruption. This will prevent him from playing other DRMed files, unless he redownloads them from the provider. This is NOT a design flaw of Windows, for all we know his hard drive is going bad or he turned off his computer without shutting it down first, etc. People are way to fast to blame MS/Windows/DRM for problems without actually looking into what's going on.
No, apparently you don't know what you're doing. With the required DRM in a protected video path, data flows in encrypted format from the source to display device. You do not get the chance to dump the data. Even Torvalds agrees that DRM can exist in Linux.
Not so fast with the toting the customer off business. There are plenty of times when I've bought something and then changed my mind before opening it so I return it. If there's a brick in there, that's not proof enough to show that I put the brick there. If you're going to call the police, you'd better have more proof than that. You'd better be opening and re-shrink-wrapping every damn box that goes through the store, returned or not.
TFA is wrong. Read the MS support page.
You have a problem either with your installation or with something you've installed. I run Vista on my Dell XPS, with a C2D, 3 GB RAM and I can complete multiple DVD size copies in the same amount of time. Perhaps you haven't installed the reliability fixes they released recently?
Congratulations! You have either a problem with your file system or your Windows installation. I move files around all the time and Explorer never crashes. Scan your file system, repair your installation or reinstall.
If you're going to reply to the comment chain, at least read the parts you're replying to. The discussion above was about CDs that you purchase and those most definitely aren't rentals. The subject changed, please keep up.
How is that any different from HP or Apple? They contract a Chinese manufacturer to build the parts, assemble it and then drop ship it to you (or a retailer).
He obviously hasn't been to a state with a serious illegal immigration problem. Here in AZ, illegals use the emergency room like it was their primary care physician. The only thing that should be taken out of the debate and shot is squiggleslash, for not doing basic research.
This way Joe Sixpack can go to BestBuy, pick out an overpriced TV, pay for an overpriced HDMI cable, overpriced DVD player and connect them with only one cable. Plus, the BestBuy flunky will tell him that he should buy another overpriced HDMI cable so he can connect his cable/satellite receiver for "high definition" to the TV. But wait, the flunky will now suggest that he buy the Monster connection kit for $150-200 so he gets all of the cables he could possibly need.
So many people use the TV's speakers for audio (my ears hurt just saying this) that for them, it makes sense to have one cable to connect the DVD player and one cable to connect the receiver.
You said it, it's both. So why did you ask?
You're kidding right? You don't know the difference between a "service type" (mail-in vs. in-home) and "service level" (basic vs. gold)?
So you're saying that the State AG, the consumer's last resort when a company fails to live up to its legal obligation should not sue? Think about that for a minute and then let us know if you still think the AG should not sue.
I really wish Dell would let me replace more parts. They sent me a new side panel for my desktop because it was rattling and insisted that they send a technician. I know for a fact I can push a slider out, pull the panel off and snap a new one in. Instead I had to stay home all day waiting for a technician. Fact is, I can replace any part inside of a computer, I just wish they would let me.
Sounds like things work very differently in the UK. I have a refurbished Latitude through the Small Business division with Gold Support and I have a separate number to call. I call up, get someone rather quickly that speaks English and get the part very quickly. Same for my refurbished XPS desktop.
Now, I have had normal home user support before and it was crap. Two hours only to be told that Hitatchi's Drive Fitness Test doesn't know what it's talking about with a failed Hitatchi hard drive and that I should rerun the Dell Diagnostics (which did not find a problem with the drive). So I just looked up Dell's Diagnostic failure codes, called back and two hours later I had a new hard drive coming. But it still took 4 hours. Never again will I go back to normal consumer support from Dell.
So this constitutes nothing?
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windows
Your hamburger analogy is flawed. The correct analogy would be to advertise that your hamburgers can come with 1/2 pound of beef, double cheese, etc. and then advertise that if you buy a salad you will get the basic hamburger. Is it your fault that customers don't check into what a basic hamburger means? Every manufacturer advertised that Windows XP Home upgraded to Windows Vista Home Basic. If you bought a machine with an Express Upgrade to Vista Home Premium then you bought one that could run the Aero effects. What it sounds like is customers drooled over the advertising, forgot the warnings that they would get Vista Home Basic and then whined when they didn't do their research.
Oh, so you mean this wording at the bottom of the page doesn't constitute that?
"Some product features are only available in certain editions of Windows Vista and may require advanced or additional hardware."
They even provide a link to which features are limited. C'mon, this is frivolous lawsuit.