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NS_S_DRM_INDIVIDUALIZED
Windows Media DRM security upgrade completed
NS_S_DRM_INDIVIDUALIZED is HRESULT 861991 (0x000D2727) from Windows Media. AllStat describes it as “Status message: The security upgrade has been completed.” In the Windows Media Player, Windows Media Format, DRM, or Media Foundation state machine, the value reports a nonfailure state that must not be collapsed into plain S_OK.
The status must be preserved until its code-specific output and next action have been processed.
Where the status is encountered
- Windows Media Player library, playlist, store, or UI plug-in callbacks; capture the exact API, object, and phase because the same numeric success severity does not define the state by itself.
- Windows Media Format source, writer, DRM, publishing-point, or installation operations;
- Media Foundation topology activation and remote-component setup;
Keep this result attached to the operation that returned it. Interpreting it outside that API contract can turn a normal continuation or partial result into an incorrect retry or false completion.
What must be true before accepting it
Verify that the upgraded security component is active and the operation that required individualization is retried from a clean state. That proof prevents usable partial state from being confused with full completion.
Also confirm that returned outputs belong to the current operation generation and were not inherited from an earlier attempt.
Correct handling and recovery
Refresh the DRM environment, verify component version and trust state, then repeat only the blocked rights operation. Protect individualization artifacts as security-sensitive.
Retry after this result only when a recorded input, capability, resource, policy, or state has changed.
Difference from nearby results
License acquisition grants content rights; individualization updates the client security environment needed to use DRM services.
The neighboring result changes whether output is final, more work remains, or fallback is required.
Practical scenario
A new device completes individualization before protected playback. The client reloads the DRM subsystem and retries the license request once.
References
- Microsoft: Windows Media Format SDK error and success codes
- Microsoft: Windows Media Player SDK
- Microsoft: Media Foundation SDK
- Microsoft: HRESULT values
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