changing dvd regions

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I have no idea but my dvd region is set to 8....which is,

"Region 8: Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.)"

I don't know why it is set to that. I never messed with it before, and purchased the dvd burner in the U.S off of newegg.com.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151154

I have to have it to 1 which is.
"Region 1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories"

How do I change it? And anyone know why it was on 8?

Its also region protected so the programs I have tried wont work!

I just want to change the region to 1, I have enough attempts and when I try says

"Unable to update region settings. Please make sure the drive contains a region 1 media and you have administration privilege."

I am admin, and I have a region 1 dvd in there.
 
yes, its the reason I'm in this mess.

oh and i was able to change it to 2 with out getting the message but when I try to change it to 1 it wont let me.

I hate this drive i'm going out now to buy a new one.
 
Try contacting Samsung or Newegg and see if they can help.

Though for some reason, the region settings on your DVD burner might have been changed 5 times. After the 5th change, you're locked into that 5th region change forever. Just a possibility.

In the past, could this DVD drive play region 1 DVDs just fine? Also, what software were you using to watch/play DVDs? What DVD is this?
 
Danny Bui said:
Try contacting Samsung or Newegg and see if they can help.

Though for some reason, the region settings on your DVD burner might have been changed 5 times. After the 5th change, you're locked into that 5th region change forever. Just a possibility.

In the past, could this DVD drive play region 1 DVDs just fine? Also, what software were you using to watch/play DVDs? What DVD is this?
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I don't think I ever have tried to play a DVD movie on it before. And I have never changed the Region before. I am trying to use windows media player in vista.
 
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