Re: Can't Play DVDs on A21p w/Windows 2000

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2001 - 04:23:56 EDT

as well (mostly) know, the A20p and A21p are almost identical, except for
the display, standard HDD and cpu speed..

Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Presidente" <pat.presidente_at_sd72.bc.ca>
To: "Thinkpad" <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 3:20 AM
Subject: RE: Can't Play DVDs on A21p w/Windows 2000

> I set up a friends a20p for her, loading all the latest drivers from the
IBM
> site and found the same thing happening. After starting from scratch a
> couple of times I realized that the update to DVDExpress was causing the
> problem. The last time I didn't do the DVDEx update and things are fine.
>
> Not sure what the incompatibility is here, since I had no problem
installing
> the DVDEx update on my 570E - but since it happened with the a20p, it
could
> be similar on the a21p.
>
> I told IBM about the problem, but never heard what they intended to do
about
> it.
>
> Pat
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Galender [mailto:galender_at_omnisky.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 8:28 PM
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Can't Play DVDs on A21p w/Windows 2000
>
>
> Whenever I try to play any video DVD on my A21p (2629-HWU) I get an error
> message from DVDExpress saying
>
> "Unable to create video window. Please try altering your display
settings."
>
> I've tried all color depths at all resolutions and downloaded the
DVDExpress
> and Video Driver updates.
>
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Dan Galender
>
>
>
>
>

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