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