This week I decided to bite the bullet and get a new hard drive and install Vista. Almost everything went well. Had a lot of trouble drivers for my soundcard. I ended up taking the sound card out and just using my on board sound.
I decided to test out the DRM on Hit Points. Not only did I “reformat”, I went the extra mile by having a different hard drive, different oS, and different sound card. I installed Neighbors From Hell 2 and when I got to the activation screen, I had to log back on to file planet to get my activation code. I put in the code and the game activated and started up. Guess Hit Points DRM isn’t as bad as their FAQ claims. Reformating doesn’t stop you from reinstalling on the same computer. Now the next challenge will be getting Neighbors From Hell 2 to activate on my new computer, but that will be next year.
