Link, Jamie? I actually work at MS, and have been running Vista for months with no problems playing any music, regargless of file format or source. Not sayng the below isn't true in terms of there being DRM tools built into the OS, but skeptical about the suggested outcome; I'd be ther first one in the office with a baseball bat if that were the case. I know lots of folks over in the Digital Media space, and I'll try to get the skinny. Jaimie Vernon wrote: This warning has been issued about those thinking of upgrading their existing PC to Microsoft Vista: "Depending on a person's computer needs, Gibson says it may be more cost-efficient to buy a new PC with Vista installed than to upgrade a machine and buy the operating system. Axelrod warns that those who download music frequently could be in for a nasty surprise with Vista, which includes digital copyright software to prevent illegitimate MP3s from playing. "A lot of people are going to be very upset when they find that their thousands of MP3 songs no longer play - and that also applies to anything that's media, so it's DVDs or whatever," Axelrod warns. "There's going to be a huge backlash of people who have acquired these things without paying for them." Jaimie Vernon, President, Bullseye Records http://www.bullseyecanada.com SWAG: http://www.cafepress.com/bullseyecanada BULLSEYE LIVE 365 RADIO: http://www.live365.com/stations/bullseyerecords Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz _________________________________________________________________ Buy what you want when you want it on Sympatico / MSN Shopping http://shopping.sympatico.msn.ca/content/shp/?ctId=2,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=081805 --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.