heh..i found a program called Enabler. It allows you to enable those greyed out boxes. So I enabled that box, unchecked it, and immedietly after I unchecked it it greyed itself out but was still unchecked. so now i can rip cds in mp3 format an they are unprotected.

http://www.securitysoftware.cc/Programs/Enabler.exe
(Thats a direct link to the program because im not sure if any of the other programs are in violation of the rules here at techzonez. and just as a procaution i take no responsibility for what you do with this program and i am providing it for educational purpouses only.)