CalcProgrammer1
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Hmm, after playing around with it more on my Thinkpad, I got the sound working (Windows Update has it but I had to uninstall it from device manager, enable Windows Update, and then redetect it). Using Compatibility Mode I got the ATi Rage installer to run (XP driver) and it installed properly. Most things (testing using stock screen savers) say "This screen saver can't run because it requires functionality that is not available on your hardware-accelerated video card", maybe the latest DirectX isn't installed or maybe the Rage doesn't support DX9 (I used to play games that apparently used DX9 fine on it...).
Speaking of the DRM thing I mentioned, it's happening again. Playing an UNPROTECTED .mp3 in Windows Media Player (this happens on Vista or Windows 7 PreBeta), the process "mfpmp.exe" uses a significant amount of CPU (more than wmplayer.exe). Mfpmp.exe is "Media Foundation Protected Pipeline EXE", apparently some RIAA/MPAA backed spy program to "protect the music" or some nonsense like that. Why it is peaking on an MP3 that isn't protected in the first place I have no clue. If you delete mfpmp.exe, it works fine (you can't play DRM'ed files anymore, but 100% of my music [unprotected MP3/AVI/DivX/etc] play perfectly without annihilating my CPU). Why would anyone in their right minds put this dumb DRM overkill in the system?
EDIT AGAIN:
Read that you could delete mfpmp.exe (makes wma/wmv not play) but then use the K-Lite codec pack instead and it will still play protected files. I don't have any protected files, so I can't test, but sounds better than using anything possibly tracking your every move and hogging up resources.
Speaking of the DRM thing I mentioned, it's happening again. Playing an UNPROTECTED .mp3 in Windows Media Player (this happens on Vista or Windows 7 PreBeta), the process "mfpmp.exe" uses a significant amount of CPU (more than wmplayer.exe). Mfpmp.exe is "Media Foundation Protected Pipeline EXE", apparently some RIAA/MPAA backed spy program to "protect the music" or some nonsense like that. Why it is peaking on an MP3 that isn't protected in the first place I have no clue. If you delete mfpmp.exe, it works fine (you can't play DRM'ed files anymore, but 100% of my music [unprotected MP3/AVI/DivX/etc] play perfectly without annihilating my CPU). Why would anyone in their right minds put this dumb DRM overkill in the system?
EDIT AGAIN:
Read that you could delete mfpmp.exe (makes wma/wmv not play) but then use the K-Lite codec pack instead and it will still play protected files. I don't have any protected files, so I can't test, but sounds better than using anything possibly tracking your every move and hogging up resources.