Memorex DVD player not working

[Jim624]

Cousin gave me a memorex DVD combo drive (external),,,,it had only been used a couple times. I cannot get it to play any DVD's......it burns CD's just fine however. I have tried Win Dvd, Interactual and Windows media player to attempt to play dvd's......I usually get "key Echange" erros or nothing at all....any help ??

Win Xp Pro. 2.4 Ghz 1 gb RAM

 

[Jim624]

also.....it will play a few dvd's....but it will not play any regular type movies .....ones that you rent or purchase

 

[rebelmusic]

Might be the region settings, You are region 1]

Right Click My Computer and click properties
Click hardware tab, and select device manager
Right click on your dvd in there and click properties
There should then be a region tab, go in there and make sure it's set at region 1