Great! Thanks.<div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Matthew Seeley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthew@threadlight.com">matthew@threadlight.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">If it's missing a DVD decoder, then there is an easy fix<br>
<br>
If you download VideoLAN and install it, does it play the DVD video<br>
disc? If it does, then it's a software issue, and you just need to get<br>
a DVD decoder in windows (or just use VideoLan, which won't require<br>
one)<br>
<br>
-- Matt<br>
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On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> A friend had a new DVD unit installed<br>
> in her Gateway laptop - it's running<br>
> windoz XP. The unit played DVD movies<br>
> before the change. Now an error message<br>
> to the effect "needs DVD reader" - or possibly<br>
> "needs DVD decoder" comes up.<br>
> I would have thought the DVD unit would<br>
> have a generic interface. I don't know what<br>
> model unit it is.<br>
> Based on just this much, any suggestions?<br>
> A driver came to mind, but again, why wouldn't<br>
> one drive work with all standard drives?<br>
> -- Bob<br>
><br>
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