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Zebodog · 11-04-2005, 03:48 PM

This has gone far enough.

I feel that I'm a reasonably decent person, I don't use P2P networks for music "sharing," I'd rather spend $0.99 and download the song from Puretracks. I find this works well, since I usually don't care for most of the songs on an entire CD, so it would be a waste to buy the CD. I've been doing this for years with several different versions of my PC.

Well, last weekend I installed a new SATA drive on my machine, and in my diligent back-up pre-install phase, I back-up all my licenses to my external HD prior to a nice clean install. So I finally get to restoring my licenses and it seems the only way to do so is by using WMP. Well I don't use that to listen to music, but it seems pretty straightforward I point WMP10 to the location of my backup and then it tells me it needs to contact Microsoft. Huh? Okay...whatever

Then it proceeds to tell me that I've exceeded the maximum number of attempts to restore for the day and it's not going to. Well, this was the first attempt! Do you mean I don't get any attempts. I've tried every day for the past week and I get the same response.

After some research on the web, I learn that I can't restore any more because of exceeded the number unique PC's? WTF is this BS!

I legally paid for these songs, and now I can't listen to them. I'm being punished for legally purchasing these tracks, where as I could have easily stolen them with absolutely no repurcussions from the DRM Stormtroopers. How in the hell is this fair? Who's going to re-imburse me for the hundereds of dollars I've spent on what is now useless shite?

What's next? In ten years time is my toilet going to refuse my access because I've exceeded the maximum number of craps I can take in one day?

11-04-2005, 03:48 PM	#1
Zebodog Avatar Join Date: May 14, 2005 Location: Edmonton Age: 75 Posts: 578	This has gone far enough. I feel that I'm a reasonably decent person, I don't use P2P networks for music "sharing," I'd rather spend $0.99 and download the song from Puretracks. I find this works well, since I usually don't care for most of the songs on an entire CD, so it would be a waste to buy the CD. I've been doing this for years with several different versions of my PC. Well, last weekend I installed a new SATA drive on my machine, and in my diligent back-up pre-install phase, I back-up all my licenses to my external HD prior to a nice clean install. So I finally get to restoring my licenses and it seems the only way to do so is by using WMP. Well I don't use that to listen to music, but it seems pretty straightforward I point WMP10 to the location of my backup and then it tells me it needs to contact Microsoft. Huh? Okay...whatever Then it proceeds to tell me that I've exceeded the maximum number of attempts to restore for the day and it's not going to. Well, this was the first attempt! Do you mean I don't get any attempts. I've tried every day for the past week and I get the same response. After some research on the web, I learn that I can't restore any more because of exceeded the number unique PC's? WTF is this BS! I legally paid for these songs, and now I can't listen to them. I'm being punished for legally purchasing these tracks, where as I could have easily stolen them with absolutely no repurcussions from the DRM Stormtroopers. How in the hell is this fair? Who's going to re-imburse me for the hundereds of dollars I've spent on what is now useless shite? What's next? In ten years time is my toilet going to refuse my access because I've exceeded the maximum number of craps I can take in one day? __________________ Disclaimer: If this thread, or a link within this thread leads you to follow advice that crashes/explodes/burns down or any way damages your system or causes personal stress or hardship, I am in no way responsible for any problems.