DVD player won't work

[Frank]

I recently upgraded to XP from ME and now my DVD player
doesn't work. My DVD ROM is a Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-116
model. The error message says "Windows Media Player
cannot play this DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is
not installed on your computer". Since I cannot determine
who originally provided the decoder software that came
with ME on my HP Pavilion 7940, how can I get a decoder
upgrade? Does Microsoft provide any free decoder upgrades
for this problem?

All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Your Pavilion came with 3rd party software (probably WinDVD) .... it also
came with a whole set of CDs. I believe the last CD in the set is the
applications CD... look in the manual and it will tell you how to install an
individual application.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Frank" > wrote in message
...
> I recently upgraded to XP from ME and now my DVD player
> doesn't work. My DVD ROM is a Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-116
> model. The error message says "Windows Media Player
> cannot play this DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is
> not installed on your computer". Since I cannot determine
> who originally provided the decoder software that came
> with ME on my HP Pavilion 7940, how can I get a decoder
> upgrade? Does Microsoft provide any free decoder upgrades
> for this problem?
>
> All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.