CD ROM will not read DVD movie disk

CD ROM will not read DVD movie disk. InterVideo WinDVD program play button
would not activate the movie. I noticed the stop button was check off and
greyed out. I was unable to uncheck the stop button nor get the play button
to work. So I removed the program and installed InterActual player that did
not solve the problem.
Thanks, for the input.


PS: Question, how to close out a posted topic once it has been resolved?

"SOL5" wrote in message
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CD ROM will not read DVD movie disk. InterVideo WinDVD program play button
would not activate the movie. I noticed the stop button was check off and
greyed out. I was unable to uncheck the stop button nor get the play
button
to work. So I removed the program and installed InterActual player that
did
not solve the problem.
Thanks, for the input.


PS: Question, how to close out a posted topic once it has been resolved?

If as you state, it is a CD-ROM drive, then it cannot read DVD's of
any kind. You need a DVD-ROM drive to read DVD disks.

What do you mean you "removed" a program?
Hopefully you don't mean you deleted but uninstalled?

Thank you for your attention in the matter. Im a novice & weak on jargon or
computer terms and knowledge, forgive me. Yes, it is a DVD drive and i was
able to view DVD movies prior to the troubles. And yes, i did "uninstall" by
using the uninstaller program provided by WindowsXP.
Do you have a solution?

"decoder" wrote:


"SOL5" wrote in message
...
CD ROM will not read DVD movie disk. InterVideo WinDVD program play button
would not activate the movie. I noticed the stop button was check off and
greyed out. I was unable to uncheck the stop button nor get the play
button
to work. So I removed the program and installed InterActual player that
did
not solve the problem.
Thanks, for the input.


PS: Question, how to close out a posted topic once it has been resolved?

If as you state, it is a CD-ROM drive, then it cannot read DVD's of
any kind. You need a DVD-ROM drive to read DVD disks.

What do you mean you "removed" a program?
Hopefully you don't mean you deleted but uninstalled?

"SOL5" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your attention in the matter. Im a novice & weak on jargon
or
computer terms and knowledge, forgive me. Yes, it is a DVD drive and i was
able to view DVD movies prior to the troubles. And yes, i did "uninstall"
by
using the uninstaller program provided by WindowsXP.
Do you have a solution?

"decoder" wrote:


So you were able once to play DVD's, did the problem occur after
a Windows Update?
Did you make any changes that you can correlate with the problem
manifesting?
Is the DVD(s) commercial release's or a PC burned disks?
What media players were you using for playback?
DVD playback requires a decoder, this is usually incorporated with
software such as PowerDVD, WinDVD and/or Interactual player, BUT........
Interactual is not free, were you using a trial version?
Did you receive error messages? Specifically:
"No Decoder found" or similar?

(When/If you reply, do not top post, place below this and it will be easy
to follow the thread)

"decoder" wrote:


"SOL5" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your attention in the matter. Im a novice & weak on jargon
or computer terms and knowledge, forgive me. Yes, it is a DVD drive and i was
able to view DVD movies prior to the troubles. And yes, i did "uninstall"
by using the uninstaller program provided by WindowsXP.
Do you have a solution?

"decoder" wrote:


So you were able once to play DVD's, did the problem occur after
a Windows Update?
Did you make any changes that you can correlate with the problem
manifesting?
Is the DVD(s) commercial release's or a PC burned disks?
What media players were you using for playback?
DVD playback requires a decoder, this is usually incorporated with
software such as PowerDVD, WinDVD and/or Interactual player, BUT........
Interactual is not free, were you using a trial version?
Did you receive error messages? Specifically:
"No Decoder found" or similar?

(When/If you reply, do not top post, place below this and it will be easy
to follow the thread)
No the problem occurred prior to update/reformat. I did not make changes
that i can attribute to the symptoms. Oddly enough though, it plays prior
movies I recently showed. It will not play any of the new ones I have yet to
seen yet on the PC. The software used were WinDVD, WinMedia Player and
InterActual Player, all of which respond accordingly. The DVD's are all
commercial releases. I trust that the decoder is not the issues -- never
received such an error message. Yes, InterAcual was a free download, but that
I dowloaded only after the problem started with WinDVD and Windows
MediaPlayers acted up.

No the problem occurred prior to update/reformat. I did not make changes
that i can attribute to the symptoms. Oddly enough though, it plays prior
movies I recently showed. It will not play any of the new ones I have yet
to
seen yet on the PC. The software used were WinDVD, WinMedia Player and
InterActual Player, all of which respond accordingly. The DVD's are all
commercial releases. I trust that the decoder is not the issues -- never
received such an error message. Yes, InterAcual was a free download, but
that
I dowloaded only after the problem started with WinDVD and Windows
MediaPlayers acted up.

Hi
I'm not clear on some points;
You performed an update and a format?
You only had this problem with some disks?

"Oddly enough though, it plays prior movies I recently
showed. It will not play any of the new ones"?

So some disks played, and some didn't?
If so, that would indicate the disks to be at fault,
Please explain why you uninstalled software?
Was there a specific reason you thought it to
a software issue?
Are you having problems with DVD's that are
region coded? Example, are you Europe and
importing DVD's from North America (Region1)?
Are you 100% certain you do not receive any
error messages?
Are you having any other software/hardware
problems with your PC?
Try this:
Place one of the disks in DVD rom, and then
use explorer/My Computer to discern if the drive
recognises that a disk is loaded.
I'll be back tomorrow.

"decoder" wrote:


"SOL5" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your attention in the matter. Im a novice & weak on jargon
or
computer terms and knowledge, forgive me. Yes, it is a DVD drive and i was
able to view DVD movies prior to the troubles. And yes, i did "uninstall"
by
using the uninstaller program provided by WindowsXP.
Do you have a solution?

"decoder" wrote:


So you were able once to play DVD's, did the problem occur after
a Windows Update?
Did you make any changes that you can correlate with the problem
manifesting?
Is the DVD(s) commercial release's or a PC burned disks?
What media players were you using for playback?
DVD playback requires a decoder, this is usually incorporated with
software such as PowerDVD, WinDVD and/or Interactual player, BUT........
Interactual is not free, were you using a trial version?
Did you receive error messages? Specifically:
"No Decoder found" or similar?

(When/If you reply, do not top post, place below this and it will be easy
to follow the thread)

"decoder" wrote:



No the problem occurred prior to update/reformat. I did not make changes
that i can attribute to the symptoms. Oddly enough though, it plays prior
movies I recently showed. It will not play any of the new ones I have yet
to
seen yet on the PC. The software used were WinDVD, WinMedia Player and
InterActual Player, all of which respond accordingly. The DVD's are all
commercial releases. I trust that the decoder is not the issues -- never
received such an error message. Yes, InterAcual was a free download, but
that
I dowloaded only after the problem started with WinDVD and Windows
MediaPlayers acted up.

Hi
I'm not clear on some points;
You performed an update and a format?
You only had this problem with some disks?

"Oddly enough though, it plays prior movies I recently
showed. It will not play any of the new ones"?

So some disks played, and some didn't?
If so, that would indicate the disks to be at fault,
Please explain why you uninstalled software?
Was there a specific reason you thought it to
a software issue?
Are you having problems with DVD's that are
region coded? Example, are you Europe and
importing DVD's from North America (Region1)?
Are you 100% certain you do not receive any
error messages?
Are you having any other software/hardware
problems with your PC?
Try this:
Place one of the disks in DVD rom, and then
use explorer/My Computer to discern if the drive
recognises that a disk is loaded.
I'll be back tomorrow.