Dvd rom region settings

There are many online forums devoted to this subject, but it is worth noting a few options for accessing DVDs from other regions you might have.

Whether these solutions are legal or not depend upon where you live and the kind of media you are trying to access.

1) If you only have a few "other region" disks, consider using a free program like "DVD Shrink" to copy them to a region free DVD you can then use anywhere.

2) If the drive is of a particular type, you can install software that fixes region mismatches; if you search for "software dvd region free css" you will find some that are known to work.

3) Some DVD drives have patched firmware which can make them region free. Figure out what DVD drive you have and then do a search for the model number and the phrase "region free" and you may well find that someone has patched the firmware and you can download it and do the patch yourself (warning - this can be a dangerous and difficult process).

4) For people who are serious about having a proper region free drive, you can also consider, now that DVD drives are so inexpensive, buying a second cheap DVD-ROM and simply assigning another region permanently, or making sure in advance that you are buying a drive with a known and accessible region free patch.

Good luck...

if you are using xp: control panel, classic view (if not already in it), system, hardware, device manager. expand dvd/cdrom drives, double click the drive you want to reset the region on, select "dvd region" header, highlight the region you want, and click ok.

hope this helps,
trin