can't change the DVD region

[Davor Kalinic]

Hi:

When I try to play a movie on a DVD, I get prompted to
change the DVD region into Region 2 (the one for
Croatia). After doing this I get a message "DVD region
change error. Unable to change DVD region. Please make
sure the drive contains a region 2 media and you have
administrative privilege" despite the facht that both of
the conditions are met. Please help!!

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Hi:

When I try to play a movie on a DVD, I get prompted to
change the DVD region into Region 2 (the one for
Croatia). After doing this I get a message "DVD region
change error. Unable to change DVD region. Please make
sure the drive contains a region 2 media and you have
administrative privilege" despite the facht that both of
the conditions are met. Please help!!

Most hardware only allows you to switch the region 5-6 times and then it's
locked unless you have some firmware crack.

 

[Peter]

Hi,

Bruce Chamber wrote:

Personally, I wouldn't even consider using FAT32 when
NTFS is an option. FAT32 has no security capabilities,
no compression capabilities, no fault tolerance, and a
lot of wasted hard drive space on volumes larger than 8
Gb in size.

A little "light" reading, and you can make up your
own mind URLs may wrap):

Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
ID=kb;en-us;Q100108

Limitations of FAT32 File System
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
ID=kb;en-us;Q184006

Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
ID=kb;en-us;Q314463

Choosing Between File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winntas/tips/techrep/filesyst.asp

FAT & NTFS File Systems in Windows XP
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfs.htm

NTFS file system
http://www.digit-life.com/articles/ntfs/


Bruce Chambers
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

Hope it helps.

Peter