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NS_E_WMP_WMDM_NORIGHTS
Locate the failing contract
NS_E_WMP_WMDM_NORIGHTS is the result to preserve when the protected item exposes no right that permits synchronization to the selected device. Within protected-content transfer to portable devices, this result is raised while processing Windows Media Player and Windows Media Device Manager coordination between the application, secure content provider and device service provider during protected-file synchronization.
Confirm the producer by doing one thing first: query transfer rights and device class restrictions for the exact item.
Evidence from one operation
The security decision represented by this result depends on portable-device identity, WMDM secure channel, transfer certificate, device DRM capability flags, secure clock, content license and transfer transaction. Record device firmware and provider identity, WMDM capability/status flags, secure-channel authentication result, license rights for sync and the transfer-completion status from the same it attempt.
A later generic error must not replace this evidence: the original condition remains that the protected item exposes no right that permits synchronization to the selected device.
A defensible test
- Preserve this result and
0xC00D11A9before cleanup, fallback or another media item changes the context. - Compare the failure with a known-good case that changes only the property named by this condition: the protected item exposes no right that permits synchronization to the selected device.
- Apply the narrow correction for this HRESULT: remove the item or acquire a license permitting device transfer.
- Associate it with its current protected-content transfer to portable devices object and the requested action.
- Run the direct check for this HRESULT: query transfer rights and device class restrictions for the exact item.
- Repeat the same action with the same content/device identity and verify that it is not replaced by another policy or trust failure.
Model the rejected precondition
When documenting it, state the rejected input and the expected successor state. The rejected input is demonstrated when you query transfer rights and device class restrictions for the exact item; the successor becomes reachable after you remove the item or acquire a license permitting device transfer. Use a known-good counterpart only as a control; do not replace the failing artifact before its identifiers and hashes are recorded.
Avoid a false conclusion
The established fact is that the protected item exposes no right that permits synchronization to the selected device. That fact does not independently establish damaged media bytes, a missing decoder, a generally broken network, or invalid rights for every other action.
If the Player, encoder, setup program or device layer later emits a broader error, retain it as the first specific result. The object and operation attached to it are usually more diagnostic than a later cleanup or user-interface summary.
One-attempt evidence
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Owner | operation, API/callback, object or session identifier, and component/device version associated with it |
| Direct check | query transfer rights and device class restrictions for the exact item |
| Policy input | requested action plus the exact license, certificate, profile, output or registration property evaluated by it |
| Temporal state | trusted/system time, validity interval, request sequence and retry number when they influence it |
| Lower result | the earliest store, network, cryptographic, driver or provider status preceding the final it wrapper |
Other boundaries in the same family
| Result | Why it points elsewhere |
|---|---|
NS_E_WMP_WMDM_LICENSE_EXPIRED | the device-transfer right has expired even if another action such as local playback remains allowed |
NS_E_WMP_WMDM_BUSY | another client or operation currently owns the portable-device transfer path |
NS_E_WMP_WMDM_INCORRECT_RIGHTS | rights are present but their conditions do not match this device-transfer request |
Resolution test
Repair the owner of the check: remove the item or acquire a license permitting device transfer. Success means that the same requested action is accepted after that precise state change, not merely that another file or device happens to work.
- It: Do not convert or copy the protected file outside the secure transfer path as a diagnostic shortcut; that tests a different rights model and may consume or invalidate evidence.
- Do not alter trusted time, revocation enforcement, certificate validation or output policy merely to suppress it; that bypasses the decision instead of correcting its input.
- Retain one failing artifact and one corrected artifact so the resolution of it can be regression-tested.
Verify without changing the question
For the final it test, keep the content KID or file hash, requested action, user/account, device identity and output route unchanged wherever they apply.
Technical references
- Handling protected content — defines the platform objects used when diagnosing it.
- Handling protected content in an application — documents the protocol or API boundary behind it.
- Windows Media Device Manager architecture — provides the normative workflow relevant to it.
- Windows Media Device Manager error codes — lists the security and state transitions used to interpret it.
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