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Mick wrote: |
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> On Saturday 23 December 2006 10:23, Chris Walters wrote: |
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>> Some of you may remember the problem I was having with my SATA II HDD in |
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>> Windows XP (but not in Linux). To recap: My drive got switched from |
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>> UDMA mode to PIO mode in Windows (only). I ended up having to reinstall |
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>> Windows. |
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>> After some careful investigation, I found that the problem was caused by |
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>> the copy protection of a game - Superpower 2. Worse, the problem was |
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>> not corrected when I removed the game. It took either a full reinstall |
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>> of the OS, or a restoration of the windows registry from before I |
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>> installed the game to fix this problem. |
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>> I know that this will not affect dedicated Linux users, but it can |
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>> affect those of you who use both windows and Linux. |
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> I've never heard of such a case before! I can't even begin to understand why |
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> copy protection will screw up an OS' settings. Have you complained to the |
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> game's suppliers? Following Sony's screw-up with their copy protection |
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> trojan it may be time to start asking for compensation from all game coders |
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> out there who take liberties with your OS (even if half the problem may well |
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> lie with the particular OS?). |
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Actually I've read about such cases before: |
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http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Russinovich |
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http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Sony_faces_class_action_lawsuits_for_DRM |
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Best regards, |
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Daniel |
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