dvd decoder

[chris]

Does anyone out there know where (or how) I can obtain a
DVD Decoder for Windows 2000? My Dell laptop (Inspiron
8200) came with a dvd/cd-rom writer, yet when I attempt to
view a dvd I receive an error message indicating that
Windows 2000 did not detect a dvd decoder. I understand
that this decoder can be either hardware or software. I'm
terribly confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[zachd [ms]]

They aren't free. If your drive came with one, it would already be on your
system. If it's not on your system, it may be on a disk that came with the
drive/system. If it's not there, then you'd need to go get a new software
MPEG2/DVD decoder. :\

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