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well its not happening for me either but perhaps it is for them?

That’s not what this particular forum is for Microsoft has a user feed back system go there and gripe to them. More to the point of the said "ignorance" appears to originate from the original poster and has steadily gained momentum; it's turned into a Microsoft OS bashing thread and not a genuine user feedback.

As well I have yet to point fingers at people that I find offensive, given time I may yet but hopefully this pointless thread will be moved or locked and future OS discussions can be done in the correct location.

It also appears action man is with me on this when we don't want to hear how you dont like this and that and think that is stupid and this is retarded and how everything overall is stupid.

What's your beef with DRM? Certain schema or OK and it is necessary to avoid losing all revenue, if Vista didn't have DRM M$ would sell maybe 3 copies and then just have those distributed over and over throughout the world. Get off your ass and pay for some software...

It might be in the wrong place o well it happens but serioulsy if you dont want to hear/read something dont its really that simple . I ignore alot of posts i dont care about and dont want to read. Its kinda like changing a channel no one forced you to read it or reply to it.

Yeah, it seems like there are some major troglodytes in this thread.

You ignore the 3 main issues here; 1. This is not a OS dicussion forum 2. This is not a constructive user feedback thread 3. This thread has opinions and not facts.

You ignore the 3 main issues here; 1. This is not a OS dicussion forum 2. This is not a constructive user feedback thread 3. This thread has opinions and not facts.

Word.

1. im not anal enough to care 2. wont argue it. 3. so what.

Ugh you're not worth dealing with.

Case in point, we appear to have quite the difference in opinion on the subject, and frankly thats fine. But while you don't care I do, and I will continue to comment on issues like this in the future and I am sure you won't care to.

Works out for the both of us.

i dont actualy i just dont see the justification of calling someone ignorant for no reason.

Well I have several problems with DRM:

1) DRM in the end depends on me, the user, not having complete control over MY computer. If I have complete control, I (or somebody else) will crack whatever DRM is installed. So in the war between pirates and publishers, are increasingly leading to less user control, as it is the only way publishers can be safe from pirates. It is my computer, and I will have the possibility of deciding exactly what data is stored, what processes to run and what to transmit. I do not but any DRM protected content for exactly that reason. I do pay for CD's (which are digital content not copy protected), but never buy online music (except unprotected MP3s) nor DVD's. If Vista wants to control what I can run, so I can not pirate it, then I will not buy it.

2) DRM causes technical problems, which costs money in a professional setting, while adding zero value to the customer. If they lower the price of DRM protected content, then I will consider the cost/benefit, but as it is now, I see no reason to buy DRM protected content - software or not.

3) The Tech industri has always benefited from having technology spread, even through piracy. That increases usage and gives more people to chance to learn to use the software.
If it wasn't for piracy I would never have learned to program a proper computer language back in the beginning of the 1980's.
In the end businesses pays for software (as we should) and software publishers get paid for their work. Even with piracy, many developers are so well paid to have grown into some of the wealthest companies and persons in the world - so the software industry can not be said to be in crisis because of piracy. Least of all Microsoft!

4) The only reason Microsoft is now inplementing DRM is that they feel safe as a monopolist. Because there is no alternative to Windows, Microsoft no longer cares if people learns Windows on pirated versions and then later uses paid versions in the workplace. If businesses no longer has a choice, then the "Pirate then buy" business model no longer works to their advantage.

-- And by the way, yes, I pay for my Windows (MSDN subscription) .

When it comes to the point of buying windows i might buy windows but ill still used the Corp versions or crached hacked versiosn with out all the bs like hte digital foot print that shuts down the system if you change to much. Something im unwhilling to deal with. So the paid for copy will sit in my desk unopened while i burn the copy of the OS i rather use. If people see that as a problem sorry but as long as im able to do it that way ill keep doing it that way.

Well, with Vista there is no such thing as a Corp version. Every v