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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 1585150" data-attributes="member: 172">He's not alone.My &quot;gaming laptop&quot; is a windows 98 machine that I transfer files to with my nifty thumb drive. Windows 98 does not get security updates anymore, and it would cost me another wad to get up to date antivirus on it. In short, I do not feel it's a secure machine to connect to the internet with, and after being hit by a worm a while back, I do not feel like taking my chances. So I just download files on my well protected desktop and transfer them over.In my case, that would be a $100 windows upgrade plus $50 anti-virus.Of course, my situation was somewhat unique, but I thought it was interesting to see Hellhound post that he was in a similar situation. The bottom line is that DRM causes some serious inconveniences. This is just the one that is in my face. I sense that in reality, this is just the tip of the iceberg.Can you clear something else up for me as long as you are paying attention here? Just how does this 6 computer thing work? Can you &quot;deactivate&quot; one of those computers to reclaim the lost slot (for example, take it over to a friends house or Kinkos to print it out, and then de-register it on that computer?) If so, can you de-register such a computer if you can't run it anymore (it crashed, you had to reformat, your friend moved away...)?If you can't de-register it, there is a lifecycle of the product dictated by your upgrade schedule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 1585150, member: 172"] He's not alone. My "gaming laptop" is a windows 98 machine that I transfer files to with my nifty thumb drive. Windows 98 does not get security updates anymore, and it would cost me another wad to get up to date antivirus on it. In short, I do not feel it's a secure machine to connect to the internet with, and after being hit by a worm a while back, I do not feel like taking my chances. So I just download files on my well protected desktop and transfer them over. [b] In my case, that would be a $100 windows upgrade plus $50 anti-virus. Of course, my situation was somewhat unique, but I thought it was interesting to see Hellhound post that he was in a similar situation. The bottom line is that DRM causes some serious inconveniences. This is just the one that is in my face. I sense that in reality, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Can you clear something else up for me as long as you are paying attention here? Just how does this 6 computer thing work? Can you "deactivate" one of those computers to reclaim the lost slot (for example, take it over to a friends house or Kinkos to print it out, and then de-register it on that computer?) If so, can you de-register such a computer if you can't run it anymore (it crashed, you had to reformat, your friend moved away...)? If you can't de-register it, there is a lifecycle of the product dictated by your upgrade schedule.[/b] [/QUOTE]

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