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Title: Software DVD player
Post by: TOFFEEMAN1878 on April 15, 2005, 01:03

How can I change it to a region free player?.....Jim

Title: Software DVD player
Post by: Sandra on April 15, 2005, 01:16

Do you mean that you have used up your 5 region changes on your pcs DVD rom ?

Title: Software DVD player
Post by: TOFFEEMAN1878 on April 15, 2005, 01:20

not yet , someone told me sometime ago there was an article in Computeractive about it!....Jim

Title: Software DVD player
Post by: Sandra on April 15, 2005, 01:26

Ok, there are usually only 5 changes you can make before your DVD rom will lock into the last region that was change no 5 and supposedly you would have to send it back to the manufacturer to unlock it.
There are various programs that claim to make them region free but I have never tried any myself yet.

Have a look at this link :

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/region.html

Has the info about all related dvd region stuff, both software and hardware in links from the main one.

Hope this is what you were after Jim  :)

Title: Software DVD player
Post by: joudi on April 15, 2005, 02:20

A little idea to suggest, which I'm not sure if it'll work. Sandra will confirm the yes or no:

Right click "My Computer" on the desktop.

take "Manage".

choose on the left side the computer components or perepheric.

On the right side take the DVD drive and right-click one of them if you have two.

Take "Property"

Take the tab "DVD Region"

Maybe there you can modify or do something. Or at least I hope for you.   :)

Title: Software DVD player
Post by: Sandra on April 15, 2005, 02:34

I think its in properties then device manager Joudi.
The region tab doesnt appear on mine from the manage section  :(

Title: Software DVD player
Post by: joudi on April 15, 2005, 02:40

Yes Sandra! In device manager, if you right-click on one of the DVD drives, and choose "Property", you'll get that tab.

Well, I have it here. I'll be surprised if you don't find it there.    :shock:

Title: Software DVD player
Post by: Simon on April 15, 2005, 07:45

I think you'll find that's what you can only change 5 times, then it locks, Joudi.  There's a program called DVD Region Free, which is supposed to eliminate region locking.