Vista and MSN Music

Michael;
That may be; all well and good;but;since I have a few purchased cd's
worth of tunes;
I'm trying to get an answer to the MSN Music issue; and no-one;not MVP's;
nor MSFT;has ever responded.
Other than the patent; Vista is not a supported o.s. ; no help from tech
support; so I threw it in here.
Thanks for responding; at least.

Jeff

"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
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> Lawd have mercy, don't even get me started on
> MSN Music. It has never worked in all the Vista
> versions I have tried. DRM sucks arse.
>
> There is a way to convert your WMA protected files
> into non-protected files. Google fairuse4WM. Do it
> from WinXP. Then copy to Vista or play from the WinXP
> folder you save the stripped files to.
>
> Let this be a lesson, relying on DRM crap is a mistake.
> I learned the hard way- never again.
>
>
> -Michael
>
> "Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>> Since I'm getting no response in the music newsgroup; I'll throw it
>> out here; and maybe someone can help.
>> Why does MSN Music refuse to synch with Vista?
>> When I try to play a song; that it allowed me to download;it won't
>> play it; it tries to synch with the MSN Music server; and never does.
>> What's up with this pic?
>> RC2 and other music services are working fine; even iTunes(gasp); in
>> 5744.
>> What's the deal? Is MSFT abandoning MSN Music? As soon as Zune comes
>> aboard?
>> Any help? Oh and have done all the prelims; so if anyone has suggestions;
>> I'm game.
>>
>> Jeff

>

Jeff, I never received any help from MSN Music.
It's not just Vista that's the problem- it's WMP 11
that is the problem. You can no longer backup and
restore your licenses in WMP.

I explained my situation in detail in a post here. During
a two year period, I paid for over 1,000 songs- many
whole albums. There were a couple of times when MSN
Music had some super cheap prices- I loaded up.

I hope you get it worked out, just don't count on any
help from MSN Music.

I will never buy from them again.


-Michael


"Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:e20YDjM7GHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Michael;
> That may be; all well and good;but;since I have a few purchased cd's worth of tunes;
> I'm trying to get an answer to the MSN Music issue; and no-one;not MVP's; nor MSFT;has ever
> responded.
> Other than the patent; Vista is not a supported o.s. ; no help from tech support; so I
> threw it in here.
> Thanks for responding; at least.
>
> Jeff
>
> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
> news:OEo8nbM7GHA.4620@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Lawd have mercy, don't even get me started on
>> MSN Music. It has never worked in all the Vista
>> versions I have tried. DRM sucks arse.
>>
>> There is a way to convert your WMA protected files
>> into non-protected files. Google fairuse4WM. Do it
>> from WinXP. Then copy to Vista or play from the WinXP
>> folder you save the stripped files to.
>>
>> Let this be a lesson, relying on DRM crap is a mistake.
>> I learned the hard way- never again.
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>> "Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:eWaDiNM7GHA.3620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Hi,
>>> Since I'm getting no response in the music newsgroup; I'll throw it out here; and maybe
>>> someone can help.
>>> Why does MSN Music refuse to synch with Vista?
>>> When I try to play a song; that it allowed me to download;it won't play it; it tries to
>>> synch with the MSN Music server; and never does.
>>> What's up with this pic?
>>> RC2 and other music services are working fine; even iTunes(gasp); in 5744.
>>> What's the deal? Is MSFT abandoning MSN Music? As soon as Zune comes aboard?
>>> Any help? Oh and have done all the prelims; so if anyone has suggestions; I'm game.
>>>
>>> Jeff

>>

>