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Hardware and Software Guide 4–13
Changing DVD Region Settings
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CAUTION: To prevent selecting a region setting that is not your
permanent preference, consider that the region setting on your DVD-ROM
drive, DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, or DVD+RW/R and CD-RW Combo
Drive can be changed only 5
times.
■ The region setting you select the fifth time becomes the permanent
region setting on the DVD-ROM drive or Combo Drive.
■ The number of allowable region changes remaining on the drive is
displayed in all software that can be used to change a DVD region
setting.
Most DVDs that contain copyrighted files also contain region
codes. The region codes help protect copyrights internationally.
You can play a DVD containing a region code only if the region
code on the DVD matches the region setting on your DVD-ROM
drive or Combo Drive. If the region code on a DVD does not
match the region setting on
your DVD-ROM drive or Combo
Drive, the message, “Playback of content from this region is not
permitted,” is displayed when you insert the DVD.
To play the DVD, you must change the region setting on your
DVD-ROM drive or Combo Drive. DVD region settings can be
changed in the operating system or in some multimedia
applications, as described in the following sections.
Changing DVD Settings in the Operating System
To change DVD region settings in the operating system:
1. Select Start > Control Panel > Performance and
Maintenance > System. Select the Hardware tab. On the
Hardware tab, select the Device Manager button.
2. Select DVD/CD-ROM drives, right-click the DVD-ROM
drive or Combo Drive for which you want to change the
region setting, and then select Properties.
3. Select the DVD Region tab, and then follow the instructions
on the screen.