gHacks technology news » fair use 4 wm http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Remove DRM from WMV http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/10/remove-drm-from-wmv/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/10/remove-drm-from-wmv/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:45:28 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/10/remove-drm-from-wmv/ It is relatively easy to remove drm from wmv files, all you need is the freeware called Fair Use 4 WM which can be downloaded from the link at the end of the article. You need to prepare your system to be able to remove drm from wmv files, just take a look at the following steps. You need to uninstall Windows Media Player 11 if it is installed on your system. To do that go to the add / remove programs and check the show updates box as well.

Uninstall Windows Media Player 11 and Windows Media Player 11 Runtime and restart your system afterwards. The next step to remove drm from wmv would be to delete all the contents in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM\ if it is existing. Now download and install Windows Media Player 10 or Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2. Restart the system after the installation.

Now open up Internet Explorer and visit this media player website. You will need a genuine version of Windows XP, otherwise the update button will be grayed out. Your media player will be individualized during the process.

We are almost there to remove drm from wmv files, just a few more steps and we are done. Obtain new licenses from your media providers and start fair use 4 wm. Click on recover keys, next and add the wmf files that you want to remove the drm from.

Select an directory where the drm free wmv files should be saved to and watch how fair use 4 wm removes the drm of the wmv files.

Freeware to remove drm from wmv

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