Windows 10: Can Microsoft PlayReady be safely removed in W10?

Hi -

I've been questioning PlayReady for some time now and I wonder if it can be safely and completely removed.

For those not familiar with it, see here...

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I need more information on PlayReady 3.0.

Hi Puccha,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

What is Microsoft PlayReady technology?

The development of Microsoft PlayReady content access protection technology is the culmination of 10 years of innovation and more than $1B invested as a result of years of collaboration with the Studios, Entertainment industry,
Broadcasters, Service Providers, and Mobile and CE industries. PlayReady is the premiere comprehensive content delivery and management solution for entertainment products and services.

What are the key features of Microsoft PlayReady?

Microsoft PlayReady technology allows:

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  Seamless sharing of protected content among devices and between people.
  
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  Support for a variety of business models, including rental, subscription, advertising, promotion, preloaded content and more.
  
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  Support for audio, video, multimedia, eBooks, and other new content types on any device.
  
  Key features include:
  

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  Domains
  
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  Embedded license
  
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  Extended format support
  
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  Silverlight support
  
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  WMDRM Content support
  
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  Industry standard cryptography AES and ECC (NIST P-256)
  
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  Unified device porting kit
  
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  Adopted by major standards at World Wide levels: DECE (UVVU), DASH
  
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  Enables premium content without plug-ins in the browser using HTML5 EME and MPEG-DASH
  
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  Key Rotation, Live TV, and Blackout support
  
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  Software Development Kits for iOS and Android
  
  More in detail, Microsoft PlayReady:
  

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  Supports natively a wide range of audio and video codecs, including WMA, WMV, Dolby Digital +, AAC, AAC+, enhanced AAC+, and H.264.
  
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  Is able to protect essentially any type of digital content — music, video, games, ringtones, images, and more.
  
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  Has a tight integration with Microsoft platforms including Windows 8, Xbox, Windows Phone, Mediaroom, and Silverlight for Windows and Mac.
  
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  Implements user domains and embedded licenses to facilitate legal distribution of content among devices.
  
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  Is capable of Over-The-Air (OTA) delivery of content and licenses.
  
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  Allows side-loading of content from Windows PCs.
  
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  Microsoft PlayReady is backwards compatible with WMDRM10. Mobile handsets, set-top boxes and other devices built with PlayReady technology can decrypt content protected with WMDRM10. In addition, PlayReady
  features such as domains and embedded licenses may be applied to content originally protected with WMDRM10.
  
• Has a permanent breach management service with dedicated response team.

Please refer to the link below for more information.

http://www.microsoft.com/PlayReady/

In future, if you have any issues related to Windows, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Safely Remove Hardware - Windows 10

Hi Grant,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you have concern about the how to safely removal of external device from Windows 10. I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

I suggest you to provide you valuable suggestion in the feedback app.

1. Click on Search bar.

2. Type "Windows Feedback" without the quotes in the search bar and click on it.

3. Then provide your suggestion.

We can also removely safely the external pen drives or external hard drive through below steps.

1. Open File Explorer.

2. It will show the list of Drives available on the computer, then right click on the external drive which you want to remove safely.

3. The click on Eject option from the list.

Let us know if you need any further assistance on Windows related issues and we will be glad to help.

 

Safely Remove Hardware tool

Thank you for the update, Murray. Since you mentioned that you've already tried running the rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll command to no avail, we suggest that you create a shortcut or even a batch file using the same command. Just run
the shortcut or batch file and see if the Safely Remove Hardware dialog window will appear. To create a shortcut, follow these steps:

• Right-click on the desktop and click on New > Shortcut.
• In the Type the location of the item box, type in, or copy and paste the following command:
  • rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
• Click Next and then give it a name like Safely Remove Hardware, and then click on
  Finish.

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