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Old 12-26-2006, 11:34 AM   #1
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Question PC DVD Player problemo

i recently built my first pc and as many know, one of the drawbacks of doing this is not having pre-installed software on the system like retail pcs have. I found this out when i tried playing a dvd on windows media player after i built my computer, but the program said it couldnt because there were no drivers. can anyone tell me where to download drivers or a separate pc dvd player? thanks

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Old 12-26-2006, 02:04 PM   #2
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http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm
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Old 12-26-2006, 02:09 PM   #3
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And another............http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/avs...er/avsdvd.html
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If you had bought a retail boxed DVD drive instead of an OEM, it would have come with software. The price difference is usually only a couple bucks.
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