Patrick
Wed Jul 02 12:47:01 PDT 2008
"AlanT" <AlanT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43507C43-B4AA-4BA7-B5B0-9C2D05723C50@microsoft.com...
>
> But it says I have one change left !
It may be wrong, misreporting the number of changes. Try attaching it to
an XP Pro system.
HTH
-pk
>
> "Xandros" wrote:
>
>> This isn't about administrative privileges, it's about having exceeded
>> the
>> number of times you can reset the region code on your drive. You may need
>> to
>> find a firmware patch for your particular DVD drive.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Xandros
>>
>>
>> "AlanT" <AlanT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:64B7400A-D27A-4D4D-BD70-B3B2C1177BAD@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi. I wanted to read a region 1 dvd and had 2 changes left on my dvd
>> > region
>> > changing option dialog. One to change, one to change back I thought.
>> > Unfortunately when I went to change back, possibly because it was the
>> > last
>> > one, it said I needed administrator priviledges. Checking the user
>> > accounts I
>> > already had that. Nevertheless I booted into safe mode and selected an
>> > administrator account that wasn't there on normal boot up. But it still
>> > gave
>> > me the same error and wouldn't let me change it. I'm now stuck with a
>> > region
>> > 1 dvd drive ! Please help !!
>>
>>
>>