Fixing Windows Vista x64 DRM Crap
As you recently saw I was lucky enough to get a Zune from Microsoft. Huzzah! But…I wasn’t lucky enough to have a working Zune Marketplace. This had something to do with some corrupt DRM files or some such. No idea how this happened. I tried following the Microsoft Knowledge Base article, but something didn’t quite match up. I call Zune support and they were very helpful and walked me through things.
Here’s what you do:
- 1. Click the Windows Button, and type in userinit in the search box.
- 2. Click Organize->Folder and Search Options->View and then Uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files
- 3. Go to C:->Program Data->Microsoft->Windows->DRM and rename the folder to something else. You MAY have a Program Data->DRM Folder. This needs to be renamed also. This was where my problem was.
- 4. Go to this link: http://go.microsoft.com/flink?linkid=34506 and click Upgrade.
- 5. Restart the Zune Software or Windows Media Player 11.
You should be good to go now. The plus side of this is this should fix any connection issues you might be having with your XBox 360 as well. Good luck!
