Aside from that: Is it legal for MS to distribute a program (say one that runs before a game in future games) that will test whether or not a BIOS is write protected and overwrite it if it is not (being that there is no doubt it has been altered if it is not write protected)? It would be a bitch if they could legally turn your machine into a paperweight (no matter how good of one it would make ...) if it had been tampered with. What about not allowing the game to be played if the BIOS can be written to (but not actually overwriting the BIOS)? |