What DRM is included in SP3? They changed the product activation model to allow you to install without a key. That's a good move, since it lets you use it in test/demo environments without a key.
They updated it to work with NAP (Network Access Protection), allowing organizations to start using NAP to protect their corporate networks without having to move all clients to Vista. Kernel mode cryptographic functionality...I suppose that other vendors could tap into this to strengthen their existing DRM, but it really isn't something revolutionary. They disabled many known activation cracks...boo hoo, if you stole the OS, you deserve a brick, period. It's yet more FUD coming from people without a clue. The "DRM" in Vista that most people claim to hate is the protected content path for encrypted high definition video delivery (which by itself ONLY comes into play if you are playing back protected content, ala HD-DVD/BRD). It's so tightly integrated that MS would have had to backport the entire video driver model to XP. That's an absolutely tremendous undertaking, and is absolutely NOT a part of SP3. This bullshit probably came from the idiots who claimed that MP3s would no longer play if you upgraded to Vista...pathetic. I hate DRM as much as the next guy, maybe more, but let's try to separate the facts from the BS, can we? Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] DRM or DVD from Hell? > > At 11:59 AM 4/28/2008, Joe User typed: > >Interesting. I know Vista was pretty bad. I guess I'll wait for the > >early birds to run SP3 before I do but I was looking forward to it, > >everything I read basically stated SP3 helped XP run even faster. > > IMHO that's propaganda but why would MSFT want XP to run faster > because it'll compete with Vista sales? I only heard that Vista Sp1 > was suppose to make it run as fast as XP Sp2 & that Sp3 adds more > Vista like DRM to XP which is why I'm hesitant to install it at all. > > > ----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > <http://users.zoominternet.net/~wdjvmj/>
