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hi, i have a region free pioneer dvd-106 drive, bought it from overclockers.co.uk a few years ago and it was already region cracked. i have used it region free (with dvd genie) for the past 3 years ok, however of late windows has decided to lock it to region 1, which is very annoying for someone living in the uk like myself.
the worst thing is, it won't even read half my region 1 dvds, let alone any of my region 2 ones, and keeps ejecting them after about 30 seconds. in fact, the only video dvds i've been able to play on my pc of late have been jay and silent bob strike back and aqua teen hunger force. the windows system page for the dvd drive says it has one region change left, but it won't let me change. i know it's not a hardware limit to the number of changes because i've changed it many many times before with absolutely no problem.
so, does anyone know why it might behave in this way? is there anything i can do to cure it? i have tried a few different software packages, and even reinstalled windows (though for other reasons), but nothing seems to work. any advice would be much appreciated.
i use windows 2000 sp4, and usually play dvds on either windvd 6 platinum, windvd 4, VLC or media player classic.
many thanks,
monty.
the worst thing is, it won't even read half my region 1 dvds, let alone any of my region 2 ones, and keeps ejecting them after about 30 seconds. in fact, the only video dvds i've been able to play on my pc of late have been jay and silent bob strike back and aqua teen hunger force. the windows system page for the dvd drive says it has one region change left, but it won't let me change. i know it's not a hardware limit to the number of changes because i've changed it many many times before with absolutely no problem.
so, does anyone know why it might behave in this way? is there anything i can do to cure it? i have tried a few different software packages, and even reinstalled windows (though for other reasons), but nothing seems to work. any advice would be much appreciated.
i use windows 2000 sp4, and usually play dvds on either windvd 6 platinum, windvd 4, VLC or media player classic.
many thanks,
monty.
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