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Having trouble getting Windows Media Player to play DVD's... WTF?

Alright so I just installed Windows Vista on my computer, and I have spent all day installing drivers, updating service packs and blah blah blah... so I decided I would watch Hot Tub Timemachine so I popped it in my DVD slot and Windows Media Player launched like normal, but instead of playing the movie it said Windows Media Player can't play this DVD cause I have to pay for a decoder? WTF the last time I had Vista on a computer it was playing DVD's out of the box. The copy of Vista is legit I got it through a Dreamspark program my school has with Microsoft. Am I just missing some driver or codex to get it to work? A link to a problem solver would be great... I just want this problem resolved so I can laugh a bit...

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Don't worry. It's easy to resolve this problem. Google for "DGTSoft Drivers Update Utility" and then download to run it. It knows which drivers are compatible with your Windows Vista. It can repair the broken drivers and find out the missing drivers, too. What's more, it installs the correct drivers automatically. Google for it to try.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    The living house windows Media participant want a 0.33 occasion decorder to play a DVD video. like PowerDVD, WinDVD, Codec %.. First 2 are chargable. So, get carry of and set up ok-Lite Mega Codec %. Then all layout video and Audio would be performed in living house windows Media participant.

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