DVD not working after Vaio ME to XP Upgrade

pulpfxn

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Jan 8, 2004
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Visited an old friend this weekend and found out that she hasn't been able to play DVDs on her VAIO notebook after upgrading from ME to XP. If I understand what I am reading on the web correctly, all she has to do is install PowerDVD or WinDVD and that should install the decoder she needs. Can anyone confirm/refute this? She doesn't want to spend the money if it doesn't work.

Any help is much appreciated.

P. S. Any preference for one over the other (PowerDVD vs. WinDVD)?