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
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grimsby red

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

Maybe all your missing is the proper codex. You may need to install
something like powerdvd or windvd

--
Jon Hildrum
DTS MVP
Jon_Hildrum@msn.com
www.hildrum.com
"grimsby red" <in a house> wrote in message
news:9B2765FD-9613-4992-9060-1DF2B542C998@microsoft.com...
> 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

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
news:%23EXfhyjDGHA.2088@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "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

thank u 4 your help downloaded power dvd , and can play dvd,s now but not on
win media , any more sugestions gratefull, i have nero decoders as i have dvd
r/w thank u
--
grimsby red


"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

Nero PureVision Decoders should let you use WMP as long as they are still
current and not expired. So should PowerDVD and/or WinDVD.... Did you
reboot after the installation?
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"grimsby red" <in a house> wrote in message
news:F08A9C0E-E546-423B-B984-7D350FC88B71@microsoft.com...
> thank u 4 your help downloaded power dvd , and can play dvd,s now but not
> on
> win media , any more sugestions gratefull, i have nero decoders as i have
> dvd
> r/w thank u
> --
> grimsby red
>
>
> "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