XP Pro SP3 does not know what a DVD drive is. Never did. Even with all those codecs.
For over a decade this has been fixed by installing DVD Player software (and it's not VLC!)
Bob
Dell Dimension 8200, XP Pro SP3.ATI 9550 graphic card. Last Nov, had a "clean install" and DVD, which worked fine, no longer recognized by WMP 11, Can play music CD's in DVD, but no DVD's. Only playing commercial Super Bowl & PC games. As it plays music CD's don't believe it needs cleaning. Tried "freebees" codex packs, like KLITE, UPLAYER,CCCP, etc, no luck. Please advise and assist. Thank You.

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