Did your computer come with decoder software/player eg PowerDVD(most drives
would come with player software of some description) or, the hardware must
be able to decode the disk to play it, eg a PCI interface decoder card, that
you plug the IDE cable to the DVD player into, rather than to the
motherboard IDE port.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Did your new computer come with a DVD drive?
>
> 1. Open XP's "Help and Support Center"
> 2. Type DVD in the search box, hit enter.
> 3. Click on "DVD Troubleshooter".
> 4. You probably need a new DVD decoder or reinstall the one you had.
>
> DVD Support in Windows XP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...p/dvdplay.aspx
>
> DVD Decoders for Windows XP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win.../buypacks.aspx
>
> NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder - 30 Day Free Trial
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
> Microsoft Community Newsgroups
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/
>
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>
> "grimsby red" wrote:
>
> | tryed playing dvd but wont work cd is fine been through all the help
> steps i
> | have everything i need because it is a brand new comp.
> | please help. thank you
> | --
> | grimsby red