Question:
I installed vista ,now I can’t get the DVDs to play. the auto play is on .cant add any of the printers I lost to this new bull shit vista why?
Answer:
I don’t have enough info to speak to your printers problem–feel free to tell me more about what specifically is going wrong.
Regarding the DVD, are you using Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Business, or Windows Vista Enterprise? If so, DVD playback isn’t included with the operating system. Only Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate include DVD playback.
If you’re using Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7 versions of these applications, it’s possible your DVD driver is the problem. Try these steps to fix a broken CD or DVD.
If you’re not running Home Premium or Ultimate, you can follow these steps to upgrade:
- Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
- Click System and Maintenance.
- Click Windows Anytime Upgrade.
The Windows Anytime Upgrade window appears. You can view your current edition of Windows in the upper-right corner. Click the Upgrade link, click Begin upgrade process, and then follow the prompts that appear. If you have your Vista setup DVD, you can upgrade immediately (every Vista setup DVD contains every edition of Vista). Otherwise, you’ll need to order a DVD and wait for that to appear.
If you are running Home Premium or Ultimate and you still can’t play a DVD, you probably have some DVD playback software installed that’s not compatible with Windows Vista (like, say, an older version of PowerDVD, WinDVD, VLC Media Player, etc). Try upgrading whichever you’re using to a Vista-compatible version. As an alternative to upgrading to Vista, you could also install one of these tools to watch DVDs–just google the names.
my computer has vista home version it got a virus on it and i had to get it wiped then put back on but ive lost dvd player and microsoft works what can i do to get them back
hi i have been having prob playing dvds even
nero will not play it nero seven essentials it came with comp
only had it a day so nothing else on here apart from games that run slow i get this message with media player
Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.
the driver is updated 256mb onboard via chrome9
and my vista is home premuim 64bit
me too, i have premium vista and it says the same thing about not able to play dvd because of problem with dvd payer, decoder, and video card. I been trying to update everything but cant figure out why cant play DVD
I have Vista Home Premium and mine played DVD for the first 2 weeks and now got the same message as Stewart.
Need to fix this problem or i’m switching to XP!!!
I just installed Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit)… everythings working fine, so i popped in Harry Potter, but nothing happens. When i click to watch the dvd in the media centre it just makes noises and loads forever without going anywhere. no error messages, just nothing……
Help! Lots of comments on whats not happening, namely DVDs not playing, but my laptop came with Vista Home Premium, the decoder and whole works. I pop in the DVD, have it all set to play automaticly and nothing. Just hear the disk load and then power down. No message even. So what do I do?
This is happening alot from what I’ve seen I’ve tried hours upon hours of reinstalling and updateing to no avail its probably a vista update that screwed everything up. Might just be on certain mainboards or chipsets would need more research and a poll.
Hi, Jthao. Try the steps in this article to fix the problem: http://www.vistaclues.com/cddvd-drive-is-gone-how-to-fix-it/