Oscar Vogel wrote:

> Thanks, but I don't understand "If you loaded Media Center yourself,
> then you have to buy one somewhere." Why would that matter?
>
> I suppose I DID load Media Center myself because I recently replaced
> the hard drive & reloaded all of the recovery software that were on
> the HP CDs that came with the system. I really don't know what "media
> center" is all about. The only reason I bought this model was because
> I liked the
> widescreen and big keypad. But I assume that anything called "Media
> Center" edition would automatically play a basic DVD disk.
>
> Anyway, if you say I've gotta pay an additional $20, that's not a big
> deal.
> But I suspect that I haven't loaded something correctly. If anyone
> can
> advise as to what I may have done wrong, I'd appreciate it. If no one
> has an answer w/in a few hours, I'll assume that I'll need to go ahead
> and buy nVidia.
>
>
> "Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@scriptpro.com> wrote in message
> news:%23C803R66FHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> You need dvd decoder software. If your computer came with Media
>> Center, it should already have it. If you loaded Media Center
>> yourself, then you have to buy one somewhere. The nVidia one for $20
>> seems to be the most popular. To find out which decoder you have, go
>> to www.microsoft.com and enter "decoder check" in the search box.
>> Their utility will tell you which you have installed and let you
>> select the default one.
>>

Your HP Media Center machine came with a DVD player. It will be
something like PowerDVD or WinDVD. Look at the CD's you got with the
machine or call HP tech support for instructions how to reinstall
preloaded HP software.

Malke
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