English DVD English laptop -- DVD won't play - help!

bundly

Hello all.... I have a Dell laptop 2 yrs old that was built for me in England, and I have just purchased in England the English series "Sherlock".

I have brought both with me to Cyprus. But it refuses to play, saying it is the wrong region, that my PC is set to Reg 1 and I need 2 or 4.

So I went to my settings and it refuses to change from 1 to anything, saying I have zero changes remaining.

Is there anything I can do while out here to put this right?

Bundly

new2012

Download this and see if it works

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

also have a read of this

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/askjack/2011/sep/01/ask-jack-dvd-regions

bundly

No wonder I LOVE LOVE LOVE this forum SO MUCH!

Post a question not really expecting to be able to solve this seemingly unsolvable problem, and within 25 minutes here I am actually watching the recalcitrant DVD!

****THANKS A MILLION to NEW2012!*****

rrf494g

Hey New2012 ,
great tip about videolan - thanks