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playing dvds - windows media player probs

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"Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer."

I get this message when trying to play dvds on my laptop. I have downloaded the latest version of wmp 10, however the message still appears. All other programs are updated and running as they should be.

I need to download something i guess, but i dont know what.

Please help!

Thanks in advance
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You don't have a DVD decoder installed. You can't play DVDs without one. You will have to purchase one because it is not legal to download any so-called "free" ones due to licensing fees.

You can purchase DVD XPack from Intervideo. It's one of the more popular decoders and it is cheap. It's also Microsoft approved.

DVD XPack
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