DVD Decoder

Hi all,let's see if anyone can help me,
I'm on a Packard Bell laptop(EasyNote MH36),running XP Home Edition(was
Vista,but it was giving me more problems than I wanted,so 'downgraded' it).

The laptop ran correctly,up until about 2/3 weeks back,then when i wanted to
play DVD's,it only gave me sound,no visual(ok,if i was only playing music),I
can't remember if I downloaded,or deleted any programs at the time,so it's a
mystery.

I've seen a 'Thread',suggesting the 'regedit' solution,but,after getting to
the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......etc,there was NO UpperFilters listed,nor
LowerFilters??.

Any other Solutions out there??

Thanks in advance

I've had that problem before. Then I found the attached .reg file. Use it
at your own risk. If you're not happy about opening attachments (and quite
rightly so) it contains the following text:-

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Fixes issues with cdrom drives not working properly

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Cl ass\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Control\Cl ass\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-

Copy and paste that into Notepad and then Click File and select "Save
As...". In the "Save as type:" box select "All Files", name your file
anything you like, so long as it ends with ".reg" (without the quotes), then
click the Save button. This will give you a file the same as the one that's
attached. Double-click it to remove all traces of Upper and Lower filters
from the Registry.

If that still doesn't work then you have a different problem; hopefully
someone else can chime in here.



"scotswolf" <> wrote in message
news:45B34183-796A-47BA-9EE2-...
> Hi all,let's see if anyone can help me,
> I'm on a Packard Bell laptop(EasyNote MH36),running XP Home Edition(was
> Vista,but it was giving me more problems than I wanted,so 'downgraded'
> it).
>
> The laptop ran correctly,up until about 2/3 weeks back,then when i wanted
> to
> play DVD's,it only gave me sound,no visual(ok,if i was only playing
> music),I
> can't remember if I downloaded,or deleted any programs at the time,so it's
> a
> mystery.
>
> I've seen a 'Thread',suggesting the 'regedit' solution,but,after getting
> to
> the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......etc,there was NO UpperFilters listed,nor
> LowerFilters??.
>
> Any other Solutions out there??
>
> Thanks in advance

How does your question pertain to Windows Update functionality?


scotswolf wrote:
> Hi all,let's see if anyone can help me,
> I'm on a Packard Bell laptop(EasyNote MH36),running XP Home Edition(was
> Vista,but it was giving me more problems than I wanted,so 'downgraded'
> it).
>
> The laptop ran correctly,up until about 2/3 weeks back,then when i wanted
> to
> play DVD's,it only gave me sound,no visual(ok,if i was only playing
> music),I
> can't remember if I downloaded,or deleted any programs at the time,so it's
> a
> mystery.
>
> I've seen a 'Thread',suggesting the 'regedit' solution,but,after getting
> to
> the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......etc,there was NO UpperFilters listed,nor
> LowerFilters??.
>
> Any other Solutions out there??
>
> Thanks in advance

"scotswolf" wrote:

> Hi all,let's see if anyone can help me,
> I'm on a Packard Bell laptop(EasyNote MH36),running XP Home Edition(was
> Vista,but it was giving me more problems than I wanted,so 'downgraded' it).
>
> The laptop ran correctly,up until about 2/3 weeks back,then when i wanted to
> play DVD's,it only gave me sound,no visual(ok,if i was only playing music),I
> can't remember if I downloaded,or deleted any programs at the time,so it's a
> mystery.
>
> I've seen a 'Thread',suggesting the 'regedit' solution,but,after getting to
> the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......etc,there was NO UpperFilters listed,nor
> LowerFilters??.
>
> Any other Solutions out there??
>
> Thanks in advance


Hi similar problem from same start point. Vista >xp home edition. Solution
after weeeks of trying various solution was .go to intel drivers and download;
Intel (R) Graphics Media Driver. works fine but not sure why.
Had similar problem with audio ; Realtek Audio 97 and realtek hi def Audio
driver put the icing on my cake. stats not compatible, but NO problems