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NS_E_SETUP_DRM_MIGRATION_FAILED_AND_IGNORABLE_FAILURE
Locate the failing contract
NS_E_SETUP_DRM_MIGRATION_FAILED_AND_IGNORABLE_FAILURE is the result to preserve when DRM migration failed and setup also recorded a separate optional skin or playlist installation failure. This result comes from Windows Media setup and DRM migration, whose state machine implements setup-time migration that carries forward legacy DRM components and state while separately installing Player skins, playlists and other optional media assets.
Use the failing operation itself to separate the DRM migration HRESULT from the optional component failure in setup logs.
Evidence from one operation
A complete incident ties together source DRM state, destination component version, setup migration phase, rollback marker and optional media-component install result; the minimum correlation set for this HRESULT is the setup phase, source and destination versions, migration log entry, first HRESULT before rollback and whether non-DRM optional components also failed.
The comparison is useful only if it preserves the fact that DRM migration failed and setup also recorded a separate optional skin or playlist installation failure.
Avoid a false conclusion
The established fact is that DRM migration failed and setup also recorded a separate optional skin or playlist installation failure. 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 this result as the first specific result. The object and operation attached to it are usually more diagnostic than a later cleanup or user-interface summary.
Model the rejected precondition
The transition that returns this result begins with separate the DRM migration HRESULT from the optional component failure in setup logs. If that observation matches, the next state cannot be reached until the implementation can repair DRM migration independently; treat the optional asset error as a second issue. This distinction prevents a license-policy result from being hidden by a later Player dialog and keeps the test attached to the original object generation.
One-attempt evidence
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower result | the earliest store, network, cryptographic, driver or provider status preceding the final it wrapper |
| Owner | operation, API/callback, object or session identifier, and component/device version associated with it |
| Direct check | separate the DRM migration HRESULT from the optional component failure in setup logs |
| 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 |
A defensible test
- Preserve it and
0xC00D2AFFbefore cleanup, fallback or another media item changes the context. - Run the direct check for this HRESULT: separate the DRM migration HRESULT from the optional component failure in setup logs.
- Compare the failure with a known-good case that changes only the property named by this condition: DRM migration failed and setup also recorded a separate optional skin or playlist installation failure.
- Apply the narrow correction for this HRESULT: repair DRM migration independently; treat the optional asset error as a second issue.
- Associate it with its current Windows Media setup and DRM migration object and the requested action.
- Repeat the same action with the same content/device identity and verify that it is not replaced by another policy or trust failure.
Other boundaries in the same family
| Result | Why it points elsewhere |
|---|---|
NS_E_SETUP_DRM_MIGRATION_FAILED | setup could not migrate legacy Windows Media DRM state into the destination installation |
Resolution test
The appropriate operational response is to repair DRM migration independently; treat the optional asset error as a second issue. Success means that the same requested action is accepted after that precise state change, not merely that another file or device happens to work.
- Evidence for this HRESULT is easy to destroy; Do not erase the source DRM state before collecting setup and migration logs; an empty source can make the next run appear successful while permanently losing usable licenses.
- 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
- Windows Media DRM overview — defines the platform objects used when diagnosing it.
- DRM client interfaces — documents the protocol or API boundary behind it.
- Windows Media Format SDK error codes — provides the normative workflow relevant to it.
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