Comments on: How to Solve Your Xbox 360 DRM Woes http://news.filefront.com/how-to-solve-your-xbox-360-drm-woes/ News for Gamers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Timothy Tripp http://news.filefront.com/how-to-solve-your-xbox-360-drm-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-133899 Timothy Tripp Fri, 09 May 2008 14:35:15 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/how-to-solve-your-xbox-360-drm-woes/#comment-133899 If you haven't deleted the old content, it doesn't seem to re-download the whole thing. A 100MB download was "re-downloaded" in about 3 seconds for example, so maybe there's a separate DRM file for the content I'm not sure. That said, it didn't work for me either :( Still can't access the re-downloaded content on my Elite which I just got back. Since they are only doing this for exchanged systems, what they are almost certainly doing is just updating their internal DRM database and switching out the serial number of the new console with the serial number of the old console. If this is the case, expect to have problems if you returned more than one system before they adopted this procedure, or if you (like me) updated to an Elite and have purchased content from your original system (since MS has no way to be 100% sure you really upgraded and moved over all your content to the new system). BTW: Microsoft has REALLY shortened the repair process (at least in my case) I called them with the RROD problem last Monday. The Box arrived 3 days later, I sent it off and had my system back in my hands (replaced with a new system!) 5 days later. All in all a pretty painless experience. If you haven’t deleted the old content, it doesn’t seem to re-download the whole thing. A 100MB download was “re-downloaded” in about 3 seconds for example, so maybe there’s a separate DRM file for the content I’m not sure.

That said, it didn’t work for me either :( Still can’t access the re-downloaded content on my Elite which I just got back. Since they are only doing this for exchanged systems, what they are almost certainly doing is just updating their internal DRM database and switching out the serial number of the new console with the serial number of the old console. If this is the case, expect to have problems if you returned more than one system before they adopted this procedure, or if you (like me) updated to an Elite and have purchased content from your original system (since MS has no way to be 100% sure you really upgraded and moved over all your content to the new system).

BTW: Microsoft has REALLY shortened the repair process (at least in my case) I called them with the RROD problem last Monday. The Box arrived 3 days later, I sent it off and had my system back in my hands (replaced with a new system!) 5 days later. All in all a pretty painless experience.

]]> By: Bryan http://news.filefront.com/how-to-solve-your-xbox-360-drm-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-133873 Bryan Fri, 09 May 2008 12:38:33 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/how-to-solve-your-xbox-360-drm-woes/#comment-133873 I exchanged my 360 about a month ago. I just tried this, and my wife's account still couldn't access my old XBL games. This solution doesn't work, at least not 100% of the time. I exchanged my 360 about a month ago. I just tried this, and my wife’s account still couldn’t access my old XBL games. This solution doesn’t work, at least not 100% of the time.

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