Hi Michele, I solved the problem by loading software called DVD Idle, which circumvents the region-code protection on virtually any player software, but you also might want to have a look at this:
http://www.dvd-x-player.com/ There is also a region-free shareware player called VLC Media Player, with a traffic cone icon, that you can download for free from here: http://www.vlc.de/ I like the features on the VLC, particularly for watching dowloaded movies, but for some reason it has trouble playing some discs on my computer, i.e. the discs will play, but with a lot of fuzzy white digitization. Kirill. > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:07:11 +0400 > From: Dima Martyanov <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Expat List dvds and windows and regions > To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" > > Dear Michele, > > Actually you trouble has nothing to do with Windows Media Player. Number of > region changes is a hardware option of your drive, a stupid thing still used > by DVD-ROM manufacturers. Though there has always been a software solution - > applications like DVD Region Free and alike. You may even find a free one on > the net. > > To be honest, this very problem with DVD format made me switch to torrents > and ripped already movies and shows. > > > Good luck with your DVD-ROM!!! > > > Kind Regards, > Dmitry Martyanov > > 2009/6/25 Michele A. Berdy <[email protected]> > > > Hi, computer-savvy, technical-minded Expatniki. I have a > > Russian-purchased computer and licenced Russian Microsoft Windows (XP). In > > the past I could watch either Russian region or US region DVD discs by going > > into Windows Media Player and switching the region. The region chosen in > > that program determined the region for the other media programs I have. Only > > today I switched and then noticed that I have "used up my number of > > changes." That is, Windows Media Player lets you switch back and forth X > > number of times and then -- that's it. Since Windows Media Player seems to > > control the other media programs, I'm now locked in one region. (BTW, "0" > > was not an option for region -- you had to pick a country.) > > > > Anyone solved this problem? > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Expat mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > > > > -- > С уважением, > Дмитрий Мартьянов > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20090629/dd0999c8/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:19:50 +0400 > From: Kirill Galetski <[email protected]> > Subject: Expat List Dual citizenship > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r > > Hi Charles, > > A Russian-German friend of mine in his early 20s who holds a Russian passport > found a job in Moscow, but he went as a German citizen with a Russian visa in > order to avoid the mandatory military service. > > That's the only reason I can think of somebody might want to do this. > > Kirill. > > E-mail: [email protected] > Home: +49 (0)30 67 92 58 58 > Office: +49 (0)30 28 87 58 72 > Mobile: +49 (0)152 23 66 68 96 > Skype: kirill.galetski > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:00:07 +0400 (MSD) > Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 56, Issue 33 > > > Send Expat mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Expat digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Dual citizenship (Charles Borden) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:38:56 +0400 > > From: Charles Borden <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Expat List Dual citizenship > > To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <c66dbda0.79156%[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" > > > > I am curious if there is a reason why anyone with a Russia passport would > > want to spend the time, money and hassle to get a Russian visa? > > CB > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:21:51 +0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Expat List English speaking Day-care/Preschool > To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <of24b4eb57.82059844-onc32575e4.002d5f8c-c32575e4.002de...@mailrouter.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Greetings, > > I have a one year old daughter and am hoping to find an English speaking > Day-care or Preschool programme - preferably near the center. Can anyone > provide a recommendation? > > Thanks, > > Randy Wheeler > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20090629/5cc0e049/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:37:40 -0400 > From: "Buser, Mark F PWR" <[email protected]> > Subject: Expat List Dual citizenship > To: "The Moscow Expat List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > There are two reasons that I know of to do this: > > 1) You work with data that is technical and is controlled by the US > state Department or ITAR, you don't want to be "Russian" at anytime. > Computers, GPS, and rocket engines may fall into this category. > 2) If you enter as a Russian, under Russian law, you can be de-briefed. > If you work in a field that has restricted access, under US law this is > called unsanctioned disclosure. So you would either not tell anyone in > your office that you were debriefed and leave yourself open to > "kompromat" or you would self-disclose and never go back to Russia > again. Both are bad and might be worth a couple hundred bucks and a few > hours to get visa. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Charles Borden > Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 4:39 PM > To: The Moscow Expat List > Subject: Re: Expat List Dual citizenship > > I am curious if there is a reason why anyone with a Russia passport > would > want to spend the time, money and hassle to get a Russian visa? > CB > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:06:11 +0400 > From: "Lewin, Ron" <[email protected]> > Subject: Expat List where to buy black caviar? > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <3001acc5d3b5e442b8f96b7560546cae0a9686b...@terramail2.moscow.terralink> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Listers > > Can anybody recommend a good place to buy 100g jars of black caviar? > > (I need the properly packaged caviar suitable for giving as a present, not > the bulk kind). > > I was in a couple of supermarkets and saw a very wide variation in prices, so > I decided that maybe someone here knows a good place to buy it. > > Thanks > Ron > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20090629/394031a2/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:50:40 +0400 > From: "RU" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Expat List where to buy black caviar? > To: "The Moscow Expat List" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <02d38c4b1ad64859b9583b1c68792...@rvdellvostro> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Ron, > > There is a ban on selling Black Caviar. You could not see them in > supermarkets. > > Aarvee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lewin, Ron > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 4:06 PM > Subject: Expat List where to buy black caviar? > > > Hi Listers > > Can anybody recommend a good place to buy 100g jars of black caviar? > > (I need the properly packaged caviar suitable for giving as a present, not > the bulk kind). > > I was in a couple of supermarkets and saw a very wide variation in prices, > so I decided that maybe someone here knows a good place to buy it. > > Thanks > Ron > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.lists.ru/pipermail/expat/attachments/20090629/f4a9e4b3/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:31:58 +0400 > From: "ElectronintorgMarketing-SergeyOrlov" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Expat List where to buy black caviar? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Ron, > > You may try Pyatnitsky market near Novokuznetskaya metro (on a small lane in > the back of the metro on the first cross when you walk in the Kremlin > direction) but beware that i) Caspian and Volga caviar is not legally > produced so you have to buy cans with clear statement 'Don' ii) even that > does not guarantee quality... > > Sincerely, > Sergey Orlov > Electronintorg SP Ltd > Marketing Dept., > Tel +7-499-1554635 > Tel +7-495-2280766 > Fax +7-495-7873869 > Mob +7-916-3929803 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: "Lewin, Ron"<[email protected]> > >Sent: 29.06.09 16:06:11 > >To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> > >Subject: Expat List where to buy black caviar? > > > >Hi Listers > > > >Can anybody recommend a good place to buy 100g jars of black caviar? > > > >(I need the properly packaged caviar suitable for giving as a present, > not the bulk kind). > > > >I was in a couple of supermarkets and saw a very wide variation in > prices, so I decided that maybe someone here knows a good place to buy it. > > > >Thanks > >Ron > > > > [Message truncated. Tap Edit->Mark for Download to get remaining portion.] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:43:44 +0400 > From: "ElectronintorgMarketing-SergeyOrlov" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Expat List where to buy black caviar? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Aarvee, > > The ban is on Russian Caspian and Volga caviar - Don, Iran and French caviars > are ok. > > Sincerely, > Sergey Orlov > Electronintorg SP Ltd > Marketing Dept., > Tel +7-499-1554635 > Tel +7-495-2280766 > Fax +7-495-7873869 > Mob +7-916-3929803 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: "RU"<[email protected]> > >Sent: 29.06.09 19:50:40 > >To: "The Moscow Expat List"<[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Expat List where to buy black caviar? > > > >Ron, > > > >There is a ban on selling Black Caviar. You could not see them in > supermarkets. > > > >Aarvee > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lewin, Ron > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 4:06 PM > > Subject: Expat List where to buy black caviar? > > > > > > Hi Listers > > > > Can anybody recommend a good place to buy 100g jars of black caviar? > > > > (I need the properly packaged caviar suitable for giving as a present, > not the bulk kind). > > > > I was in a couple of supermarkets and saw a very wide variation in > prices, so I decided that maybe someone here knows a good place to buy it. > > > > Thanks > > Ron > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Expat mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > [Message truncated. 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