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From: crane on 28 Feb 2010 06:40
hello,

I was helping my friend to set up certain things on his XP Home
computer, and he asked why his DVD player wouldnt play a dvd.

Did the usual runaround, checking this and that, then after a while I
decided to check out his file associations. When in Windows Explorer,
I clicked on Tools, Folder Options, File Types. What I found was what
I believe to be his problem, but I dont know how to help him fix it.
Under File types, the first dozen or so entries said that they had
"NONE" regarding associations, and all of those first ones were to do
with his DVD player.

Anyone here help?

Thanks
From: Scott on 28 Feb 2010 07:47
Have you tried to reinstall the dvd software ?


On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:40:48 -0500, crane <crane(a)inter.com> wrote:

> hello,
>
> I was helping my friend to set up certain things on his XP Home
> computer, and he asked why his DVD player wouldnt play a dvd.
>
> Did the usual runaround, checking this and that, then after a while I
> decided to check out his file associations. When in Windows Explorer,
> I clicked on Tools, Folder Options, File Types. What I found was what
> I believe to be his problem, but I dont know how to help him fix it.
> Under File types, the first dozen or so entries said that they had
> "NONE" regarding associations, and all of those first ones were to do
> with his DVD player.
>
> Anyone here help?
>
> Thanks


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From: dadiOH on 28 Feb 2010 08:09
crane wrote:
> hello,
>
> I was helping my friend to set up certain things on his XP Home
> computer, and he asked why his DVD player wouldnt play a dvd.
>
> Did the usual runaround, checking this and that, then after a while I
> decided to check out his file associations. When in Windows
> Explorer, I clicked on Tools, Folder Options, File Types. What I
> found was what I believe to be his problem, but I dont know how to
> help him fix it. Under File types, the first dozen or so entries said
> that they had "NONE" regarding associations, and all of those first
> ones were to do with his DVD player.

All of them? There should be things like "folder", "file folder", "drive",
etc too. Anything that can *contain* files or something like URLs. IOW,
the lack of a file type for a DVD player is normal.

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From: Jose on 28 Feb 2010 08:07
On Feb 28, 6:40 am, crane <cr...(a)inter.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> I was helping my friend to set up certain things on his XP Home
> computer, and he asked why his DVD player wouldnt play a dvd.
>
> Did the usual runaround, checking this and that, then after a while I
> decided to check out his file associations.   When in Windows Explorer,
> I clicked on Tools, Folder Options, File Types.   What I found was what
> I believe to be his problem, but I dont know how to help him fix it.
> Under File types, the first dozen or so entries said that they had
> "NONE"  regarding associations,  and all of those first ones were to do
> with his DVD player.
>
> Anyone here help?
>
> Thanks

Has the unit ever played a DVD?

What software are you using to try to play the DVD and what happens
when you try to play the DVD?

When you put the DVD in, what happens and what do you think should
happen that isn't?

Is the CD/DVD drive capable of playing a DVD? Some older one do not
support it.
From: crane on 28 Feb 2010 09:16
Jose wrote:
> On Feb 28, 6:40 am, crane <cr...(a)inter.com> wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> I was helping my friend to set up certain things on his XP Home
>> computer, and he asked why his DVD player wouldnt play a dvd.
>>
>> Did the usual runaround, checking this and that, then after a while I
>> decided to check out his file associations. When in Windows Explorer,
>> I clicked on Tools, Folder Options, File Types. What I found was what
>> I believe to be his problem, but I dont know how to help him fix it.
>> Under File types, the first dozen or so entries said that they had
>> "NONE" regarding associations, and all of those first ones were to do
>> with his DVD player.
>>
>> Anyone here help?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Has the unit ever played a DVD?
>
> What software are you using to try to play the DVD and what happens
> when you try to play the DVD?
>
> When you put the DVD in, what happens and what do you think should
> happen that isn't?
>
> Is the CD/DVD drive capable of playing a DVD? Some older one do not
> support it.


Thank you both, Dadioh and jose,

Unfortunately, until I go back there in maybe a few days, (wed I hope) I
cant really answer some of the questions you have both asked.

No, I cant say whether his player has ever played a dvd.
No, I cant say what the name of the software is, but I do know he has
software capable of playing a dvd, just cant recall the name of it.
Yes, his player is capable of playing a dvd, as it is a dvd player; but
as for its age, I cant answer until wednesday. (It is a samsung player,
if that helps.)

I dont think he has much luck with games either, because I remember he
said that when he puts a game into the player, it wants to shoot off to
the internet to update some files or whatever; again, the whole topic
only came up as I was about to go home, so I only had time to quickly
look around at what was or wasnt going on.

I wont tie up posting space, but will read any new feedback as it comes
in, and hopefully post back on wed night with new found information.

Thanks
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