On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:32:17 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


Maybe. But it's odd that on two machines, I used the same install disks
(yes, multiple licenses), same checklist, did all the MS updates, and the
result is that one plays DVDs while the other does not.

As you might know, I'm not really up on Windows, but it could be part of
MS's being your big brother. Their digital rights management is, IMO, damn
intrusive. If I'm not mistaken, those MS updates check the licenses,
hardware, region codes, etc. etc. You may have somehow confused MS.