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pop98

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August 18th, 2007 14:00

Region code

I just received my inspiron 1501 laptop and tride to play one of my DVD's that has worked in my other DVD players but I get a message that the DVD is from another region. Where and how do I see what region my Power DVD DX is set at and how to change. I'm aware from my reading that you only get 5 setting changes.
                                     Thanks in advance for any help.
  • Skybird

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    Posted August 18th, 2007 15:00

    It is not the software that determines the Region Code.  It is in the drive itself.
     
    Look in the Device Manager .........

    Start | Control Panel | System in classic view | Hardware tab | Device Manager

    Click on the (+) next to DVD/CD-ROM drives.  Right-click the drive and select Properties.
    Select the DVD Region tab.  This will give you the Region Code and the capability of changing it.
  • stu.artd

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    Posted August 19th, 2007 00:00

    Have a look at AnyDVD from http://www.slysoft.com I use that and it bypasses the region coding of DVD's, effectively making them region free as far as your playback software is concerned.