Star Wars Trilogy DVDs auto-updating your Xbox, beware!
Posted on 27/09/04 18:40 by Dennis                             
Star Wars Trilogy DVDs auto-updating your Xbox, beware!

Thanks to jef195 we know that there is something fishy going on with the Star Wars Trilogy DVDs. In this four disc box set you will find a "Special Feature Disc" which includes a preview demo of the Xbox game "Star Wars: Battlefront". Sounds great but when you insert the disc into your Xbox it will automatically update your dashboard, without informing you.

The 'StarWars Trilogy DVD' (video/movie DVD) has an 'Extra Special Features Disc'. If you try to launch this on your Xbox it will automaticly update your dashboard ... NO confirmation will be asked. The bonus disc has extra features including a documentary on the star wars saga, footage from the making of all three films and a preview demo of the new 'StarWars Battlefront' Xbox game (that's why there's a default.xbe, dashupdate.xbe and update.xbe on the disc).

This information can be important for some people with older bioses (booting xboxdash.xbe), people using exploits or simply those who don't want their dash upgraded.

 

Source: Xbox-Scene.com

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By Crabbyappleton, Mon 27 Sep 2004 19:25
CrabbyappletonYes, I feel a ripple in the force now....
By jdub, Mon 27 Sep 2004 19:55
It was as if millions of people cried out in against their subjugation and were silenced.
By heystoopid, Mon 27 Sep 2004 21:31
Takeover by stealth, now that truly sucks!!!!!puke
By tony2442, Mon 27 Sep 2004 23:09
That's impossible! No program that small has a cloaking device! supergrin
By XenoFiRE, Tue 28 Sep 2004 01:11
search your feelings tony2442, you KNOW it to be true.
By darkpepe, Tue 28 Sep 2004 01:16
Seems like the MS Empire stikes back. Next on the cinemas: The comeback of the dashboard modders. This is going to be very interesting!
By the bean, Tue 28 Sep 2004 01:35
Use the MOD Luke...
By CaFrow, Tue 28 Sep 2004 02:59
well there is also a cool side about this whole thing. First the Movie DVDs are normal DVDs and are not written backwards like normal Xbox games. Second there are no visible Fonthacks on the DVD that would allow the XBE files to be ran on an UNMODDED xbox. This could be a HUGE step towards making bootable Xbox games on DVD-R disks. :-)
By Web-Junkie, Tue 28 Sep 2004 11:56
Don't use the 'fourth' (disc) luke!
By Rhelic, Tue 28 Sep 2004 22:49
I'm sitting in a Microsoft meeting room reading this and I laughed out loud and had to iterate the first two user comments to the MS employees. Please keep in mind, if the updated software improves the dashboard, I guess I can't complain, but I think I agree the Xbox should throw a security warning and ask the user if the given DVD should be allowed to update the Xbox dashboard. But then this is the future of DRM'd software. It's safe that this update happened as I'm sure (????!!!) the update was digitally signed by MS. Get use to the idea that future versions of Windows and Office will auto update and you won't be able to disable it without a packet filtering firewall. DRM baby, hate it if you want but Linux is getting it too, and Apple will be there also.
[edited by Rhelic on 28.09.2004 22:52]

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