"This is a decision that the Media Player folks made because there are just too many ways right now for unsigned kernel mode code [to compromise content protection]. The media companies asked us to do this and said they don’t want any of their high definition content to play in x32 at all, because of all of the unsigned malware that runs in kernel mode can get around content protection, so we had to do this,” he said.

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To make a long story short, chances are VERY good that your PC will not be able to play any of the new high-definition content on HD-DVD or BluRay. That is unless you have a 64bit processor and use the 64bit version of Vista, which you may not be able to use due to legacy hardware or software that you may be using.

Later Thursday, representatives in the U.S. said that senior program manager Steve Riley was mistaken.

"The information he provided to that audience was incorrect," a representative told CNET News.com. "Playback is possible with Windows Vista in 32-bit."

The decision of whether to offer that support, the representative said, won't be made by Microsoft but rather by the third-party software makers that create DVD playback software, folks like CyberLink and InterVideo.

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I guess this is what I get for being too lazy for, you know, research.

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