Using Intervideo Windvd; Installing Windvd And Viewing A Dvd Movie - Lenovo ThinkPad User Manual

7. Click Go. The software you selected will install silently.
8. Restart your computer after the completion message.
Note: If the software fails to install silently, you can select individual packages from the bottom line of
the Installation page and install the packages following instructions on your screen.

Using Intervideo WinDVD

If the operating system of your computer is Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate,
you can view DVD movies without installing any additional software. Windows Media
fully configured to play DVD videos in those operating system versions. In Windows Vista Ultimate, you
can also use Windows Media Center to view DVD videos.
If the operating system of your computer is Windows XP, Windows Vista Business, or Windows Vista
Home Basic, you must install WinDVD to play back DVD videos.
If you are using a legacy operating system on your computer, you might need to update some
components of your operating system to enable the DVD video playback function. The requirements for
legacy operating systems are as follows:
v Windows 95, Windows Server
Internet Explorer 5, and DirectX
v Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition: You must install the latest
DirectX.
v Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2): You must install Internet Explorer 5 and DirectX.
v Windows 2000: You must install Service Pack 2 or higher, and DirectX.
v Windows NT: You must install Service Pack 6 along with Internet Explorer 5, DirectX, and a third
party IDE DMA driver. DirectX is not available in Windows NT due to Microsoft no longer providing
any official DirectX for Windows NT.

Installing WinDVD and viewing a DVD movie

To install WinDVD, go to the Software page of the Software and User Guide CD. Select WinDVD from the
available software list. Restart your computer after installation.
After you install the CD-RW/DVD-ROM Ultrabay Serial ATA Drive and WinDVD, you can view a DVD
movie. But first you need to set the DVD region code for your DVD content.
DVD region codes
DVD region codes help protect the contents of a DVD. The world is divided into six regions and specific
content can be viewed only in the appropriate region. For example, content for Region 1 can be viewed
only in the U.S. and Canada. WinDVD is also region–specific.
You can verify the region code of the content by looking at the region code symbol on the back of the
content packaging.
Region code Region
1 U.S., Canada
2 Europe, Middle East, South Africa, Japan
3 Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Korea
4 Latin America, Australia, New Zealand
5 Former Soviet Union, North Africa, India
6 People's Republic of China
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