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    By: Toraz Chryx This person is cool! x Show Full Post
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    Bah

    the Sony DRM 'rootkit' affects Macs as well as Windows boxes.

    the difference?

    You have to be an admin user AND give the app your username and password to install it on a Mac, whereas it just installs without asking on a Windows box.

    http://www.macintouch.com/#tip.2005.11.10.sony
    Nov 11, 2005 5:04am PST
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    Bah the Sony DRM 'rootkit' affects Macs as well as Windows boxes. the difference? You have to be... : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!

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    • Do you really have to be an admin user? I'd have thought it would install for a regular user if you give ... : jcupittThis person is cool!
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      The problem is that Microsoft has everyone running with Administrator privaleges out of the box, which is... : ThomWThis person is cool!
      • That's at least one good thing about Vista, the default user is not an admin. I think it'll be more like ... : nomaadThis person is cool!
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        plus autorun! wonderful stuff : jcupittThis person is cool!
        • Thats why smart people like us shackers disable stupid autorun! : FormerHPBThis person is cool!
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        well you can't do shit otherwise. : *metal*This person is cool!
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          ^^^ Because of it's single-user heritage, Windows defaults users to admin status because a SHITLOAD of... : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
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            It's more because nobody tests their apps work as a non-admin than anything to do with Windows. : nudelThis person is cool!
            • and why are apps not tested to work on non-admin accounts? because the default accounts are admin! ... : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
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              well to write to specific dirs and regkeys you need admin rights. you can change the acl on these places... : *metal*This person is cool!
              • the registry is another idea that needs to fuck off. : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
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      Whats great is time can be devoted to making a mac version of this but not the media manager for the psp.... : hubeThis person is cool!
      • Im sure the exact same department of sony are handling these two things. : bundyThis person is cool!