Here's another reason to despise DRM... (Linux, games, server, installing)

[plwhit]

Honest PC users aren't in need of yet another reason to rage against Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes that often serve to setup hoops for law abiding citizens to jump through without stomping out software piracy, but just in case, here's another one. Ubisoft's Uplay client may contain a rootkit that could allow remote hackers to infiltrate your system and take control.

Maximum PC | Google Engineer Exposes Ubisoft's Uplay DRM as Rootkit

[EscapeCalifornia]

You'd think they'd have learned from Sony's experience with root-kitting people's PCs. Or maybe they did learn: That most people don't know or don't care about media companies violating their PCs, and any furor quickly dies out.

[eric3781]

It is getting to the point where I am going to have to give strong consideration to implementing ESX or running Fedora/OpenSUSE/Mint as my primary at home, and installing my games in a Win7 VM that I can dump when I am done playing.

[Trucker7]

Originally Posted by eric3781

It is getting to the point where I am going to have to give strong consideration to implementing ESX or running Fedora/OpenSUSE/Mint as my primary at home, and installing my games in a Win7 VM that I can dump when I am done playing.

Unfortunately, games don't run well on VMs. Other than that, I agree with you. I only boot into Windows to play games. The rest of the time, I'm on Linux.

[TurcoLoco]

Originally Posted by eric3781

It is getting to the point where I am going to have to give strong consideration to implementing ESX or running Fedora/OpenSUSE/Mint as my primary at home, and installing my games in a Win7 VM that I can dump when I am done playing.

Install your games, convert the drive/partition to a .vhd image then install a clean version of Windows 7 and then use BCDedit to load and use that virtual image(s) like the real thing:

Using BCDedit on Windows 7 to boot to VHD - YouTube


Short Video - Using BCDedit on Windows 7 to boot to VHD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOwQvPFSwA

Long Video - Booting Windows 7 or 2008 R2 from a VHD file
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngTfq...eature=related

Add a Native-Boot Virtual Hard Disk to the Boot Menu
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799299(v=WS.10).aspx

How to Install Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 with Boot to VHD and Native Boot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNKI-Hz9qYc

Example for BCDedit:

****** Begin *********

bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Your Name for the VHD"

Bcdedit /set {clsid} device vhd=[c:]\bootvhd\Server08R2SP1.vhd

Bcdedit /set {clsid} osdevice vhd=[c:]\bootvhd\Server08R2SP1.vhd

Bcdedit /set {clsid} detecthal on

{clsid} is replaced with the output form

***** End *****

Then run [msconfig.exe] and click on the [Boot] tab.
Select the VHD OS and click on the [Set as default] button