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Apparently this is a fairly common problem. I did a search on your
complete error message and came up with a bunch of hits. I believe your
problem is caused by not having a required decoder to play videos off of
you DVD. Of the numerous hits the following seems most helpful and in
plain English:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/101755-45-decoder-windows-media-player
I hope this helps.
Tom
Joyce A wrote:
> If that were the case, would I be able to view still pictures? (I
> can... It reads still photos on CD and DVD just fine!) How would I
> test that? Just replace the CD/DVD drive? (Easy enough to do, even
> for a non-tech ol' gal like me!)
>
> The error message I keep getting is "Windows Media Player cannot play
> the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your
> computer" -- which of course lead me to believe that it was a software
> problem but Russ asked me to post the problem here. I've asked in
> various forums and I've asked Microshaft, uh, _-soft_ <ducking and
> grinning>; I've haven't even come close to a solution as yet, besides
> replacing the drive. I'm not exactly holding my breath to hear back
> from Microshaft either...
>
> Yes, there used to be a partition, behind which was all the backup
> Windoze stuff...
> Joyce in SE Ohio
>
> Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
>> Your DVD laser has probably died.. This is pretty common. These drives
>> are cheap and easy to replace.
>> The drive letter change suggests there was a partition on your C drive
>> that is no longer there. These partitions are common on many PCs.
>> If you have a Phillips screwdriver and a little patience we can help
>> you with this.
>> There is an excellent guide here:
>> http://freepctech.com/pc/001/installing_ide_devices.shtml
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Joyce E <j3e@...> wrote:
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>>> I used to be able to view a movie or other video DVD on my PC, running
>>> Windows XP SP 2.
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