Hey Ed,

Here's a couple of articles from Microsoft that might help or shed some light:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;823770

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306318/EN-US/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306331/EN-US/

This one is good...XP comes with a utility that checks to see if you've got a DVD decoder installed and if it needs an upgrade.

-mike

Thanks guys you're awsome!

-ED-

3351:
This is really off topic but...
You have a screen reader? Does that mean you have a visual handicap? If so, we're two on this forum (at least). What screen reader are you using?

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Robert.

Hi Robert,
Yes, I am visually impared. I have very little usable eyesight left.
I tend to use a combination of screen readers and screen magnification programs. WIthout them I can't use computers at all.

When I use my PC I use ZoomText 8.0 and sometimes Connect Outloud 2.0.

Mac is a different story. Apple are yet to come out with a decent screen reader. So I just use the screen magnification program called Universal Access.

What do you use?

-ED-


[This message has been edited by 3351 (edited 05-02-2005).]

Nice to see (no pun intended) that there are other people here with visual handicaps.
I used magnification programs before, but I found out that I didn't really need them, as I rarely used them. I now run only Jaws for Windows 5.0 and that works fine. I'm also learning to be a programmer, so I must use the computer a lot . I have never used a Mac.
I saw in your profile that you're interested in video games. I'm too, so what games are your favourites and what type of games can you get something out of? (This is really going off topic, but hey, what's "The bar" for anyway .)

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Robert.

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Greetings from Frankfurt (Germany),
Sheriff ;-)

[This message has been edited by Sheriff (edited 05-02-2005).]

Hey Robert,
I am a big fan of games like Grand Theft Auto (including the original overhead view one, Grand Theft Auto 3, VIce City, San Andreas) and True Crime (Streets of L.A.)
ON ocasion I play stuff like Smackdown, Dragon Ball Z and BLoody wars.
Pretty violent stuff and my wife thinks that I'm an idiot for playing games of this sort but I love playing them anyway!!!

I mean something like San Andreas is perfect. Especially with all the cheat codes and the possibilities. Just driving around in different cars and bikes is a blast. Reminds me of the days when I used to drive...
I wasn't as bad of a driver though.

Basically its the freedom of mooving around the city and doing whatever I want. Like running around with a flame thrower or a Chainsaw...
Now you must think that I'm nuts!!! LOL

-ED-

Sheriff, it is too big.
I'm zoomed in at x5 times so letters are pretty big as they are. ANy bigger and I have to zoom out and it becomes confusing to navigate on the page.
Thanks for the thought, but I'd rather have you type with normal size characters.



-ED-

3351 Ed,

In the Windows Media Player toolbar, under TOOLS and then OPTIONS, there is the FILE TYPE tab...

Did you look to make sure that you have a check in the box (not czech-in-thebox)
of the DVD file-type?

Ed

Hey 3351,
I have the original GTA, and I agree: it's really fun to run around with a flamethrower or rocket launcher and blast everything in sight. A cool thing with GTA was also that you could zoom the picture (I think it was with a cheat).
I nowerdays mostly play retro stuff, mostly from the older Sega consoles (Megadrive (Genesis in US) and Master System). I also have some racing games and a few golf games for my PC and Xbox. And don't forget Duke Nukem 3D! That's a really cool game .

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Robert.