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No DVD decoder in XP

I am on a Dell D600 and it does not seem to have a DVD decoder.
I thought XP was supposed to be ultra multi-media friendly...

How do I get it to play DVD's...
Not looking to rip them vust play them.

Thong_Ispector
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I am on a Dell D600 and it does not seem to have a DVD decoder. I thought XP was supposed to be ultra multi-media friendly...

How do I get it to play DVD's... Not looking to rip them vust play them.


go to windows updates! and Update to windows media player 10 ,if you haven't all ready it will play dvds if you have a dvd player installed on you computer

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I am on a Dell D600 and it does not seem to have a DVD decoder. I thought XP was supposed to be ultra multi-media friendly...

How do I get it to play DVD's... Not looking to rip them vust play them.


hey thong inspector,

i have a question for you. would you email me at [email]gradalis@u.washington.edu[/email]? thanks much!

john

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I am on a Dell D600 and it does not seem to have a DVD decoder. I thought XP was supposed to be ultra multi-media friendly...

How do I get it to play DVD's... Not looking to rip them vust play them.

Does dell give you a program called "PowerDVD?" Maby they did to me because I have a DVD-Burner and a DVD+Burner? Any ways in the program it gives you a decoder...

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Does dell give you a program called "PowerDVD?" Maby they did to me because I have a DVD-Burner and a DVD+Burner? Any ways in the program it gives you a decoder...

I believe the d600 comes with the Intervideo DVD software, if you do not have you can purchase it pretty cheap, or ask around to your friends if they have a copy of it or PowerDVD.

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