Inserting Blu-ray Disks May Freeze Windows 7
An update that took place in December 2009 may cause Windows 7 to lock up when a Blu-ray disc is inserted into the BD-R drive.
Softpedia reports that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 customers may experience a virtual system halt after inserting a BD-R into the PC's Blu-ray drive. Microsoft has already created a hotfix for the issue, however the patch will not be deployed to all users of both platforms. Instead, Microsoft said that affected users will need to contact Microsoft support directly in order to acquire the hotfix.
"You have a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2,” Microsoft said on this support page. "Windows Explorer may stop responding when you insert a recordable Blu-ray disc (BD-R) into the Blu-ray drive on this computer. This problem may occur after you install the universal drive format (UDF) file system driver (Udfs.sys) update."
Softpedia said that Microsoft updated Udfs.sys during the first half of December 2009 for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft deployed the update in order to resolve issues relating to the driver in Windows 7. Now the update is causing some Windows 7 PCs to freeze when customers insert a recordable Blu-ray disc into the BD-R drive.
Windows 7 users who are experiencing this problem should contact Microsoft directly by heading here.
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The best OS ever!!!!
ah, so this is MS most recent ploy to make sure people are running legit copies - we'll cripple your blu-ray unless you buy legit
Got a PS3 to play Blu-ray.
Another excuse to use linux
ah, so this is MS most recent ploy to make sure people are running legit copies - we'll cripple your blu-ray unless you buy legit
Exactly what I was thinking!
'ah, so this is MS most recent ploy to make sure people are running legit copies - we'll cripple your blu-ray unless you buy legit'
ermm, there is one very easy and simple solution to this..... BUY A LEGIT COPY!!!
ermm, there is one very easy and simple solution to this..... BUY A LEGIT COPY!!!
ermm, that's exactly what he's saying
Sorry, I didn't mean to aim it at 'andybird123'... I just meant for those people who haven't got a legit copy...
I should have read it back to myself before posting!
right. just like "Most Windows 7 PCs Max Out RAM". I call bullsh*t on you AGAIN Tom.
the update in question is KB975617
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975617/
if you get the freeze with bluray problem and can't be bothered to talk to microsoft, just uninstall that one update and you should be good to go
I wonder why M$ don't just make the patch freely available... Maybe the patch itself has unintended consequences for some machines? I don't have BR on any of my windows boxes so I can't check it out though.
As some said, it could be a ploy to cripple pirate users.
Luckily both of my copies are legit, and I don't own Bluray, and I probably won't for a few years~