Re: DVD Region Not Selected
- From: reinhold <reinhold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:42:01 -0700
I will try what you suggest, but on the microsoft web site, it says to use a
binary number. I really wanted to know what equals a one in binary, and was
looking for that. The DVD player worked with previous updates of Windows XP,
and then all of a sudden it didn't, and that is when I discovered that the
Region hadn't been set to anything. Device Manager will not let you reset to
a different number when no number has been set. Sounds like what microsoft is
advising is a "Work Around" to a problem that was created with a Windows XP
update.
Also when it asks you to enter the binary number, a couple of zeros show up,
and was not sure how to handle that.
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
DefaultDvdRegion should be a REG_DWORD. 1 is 1. It is hexadecimal and it.
will appear as 0x00000001 (1).
Double click DefaultDvdRegion and enter a 1 in the Value data box in the
Edit window.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:0C7864B7-D245-49BE-B350-68376BB695F7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
reinhold <reinhold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Unfortunately Memorex did send this DVD Recorder/Player without a Region
selected. Right now I am ready to assign Region 1 to it, but need to know
how to set the Binary 1 in the Registry. I have never done that before. I
know what I want to do, and have gotten to the Registry, but when it asks
me to enter the Binary number, and I am presented with the box to enter
it, not sure what the binary code one is. How many zero sets to I need,
and does the one have to be on the left or the right., I.E.,
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 or 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01, or something else
altogether. If anyone has any help on this, it would be much appreciated.
For the record, if the Region is not selected, Windows XP at my upgrade
level will not allow me to set the Region to 1. I have to do it through
the registry entry.
DefaultDVDRegion.
I was looking at some other registry entries, and it looks like the binary
value 1 is set by 31 00 00 00. If that is right, let me know, and then I
can get my DVD player back in action
"Ted Zieglar" wrote:
Presuming we are talking a new, retail drive legally acquired, it would
be unheard of for a manufacturer to forget to set a default region. The
DVD region is stored in the drive's firmware. Is it possible that the
firmware in your drive is corrupted, possibly through an incomplete
update? Contact Memorex technical support for assistance.
--
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."
"reinhold" <reinhold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9D55DE56-22E8-41AA-81C5-AC3BDA80C2D9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I need to put the item, DefaultDVDRegion into the registry, and am still
trying to figure out how to add a binary 1 to the value for Region 1.
Anybody know how to add a binary 1 in a registry entry? The fix above
takes care of restoring a DVD player to operation. My Memorex DVD
Recorder/Player has worked fine for years, but lately it won't
recognize DVD discs. After Checking in Device Manager, it seems the
manufacturer had never set any region, and Windows XP will not allow
you to set this to Region 1. Instead it tells you that you don't have
the necessary privideges to do this. To correct the Problem, you need
to make a registry entry about the Default region by adding
DefaultDVDRegion to the DVD area in the registry. Right now I need how
to enter the binary 1. Have never made a regitry entry with any Of my
Windows XP computers, and the information that I have found is not much
help.
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