The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) authentication was also recently changed such that previously used tricks to circumvent WGA no longer work.
Not really a big deal, for as usual there are holes in the scheme that can be used to bypass the checking - so I understand.
Situation normal - it does little or nothing to curb hardcore users of pirated copies of the O/S.
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Copyright means the copy of the CD/DVD burned with no errors.
I will never spend a another dime on content that I can’t use the way I please. If I can’t copy it to my hard drive and play it using the devices I want, when and where I want, I won’t be buying it. Period. They can all take their DRM, broadcast flags, rootkits, and Compact Discs that aren’t really compact discs and shove them up their bottom-lines.
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