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jahed
December 16th, 2006, 13:05
i had to change the region of my windows media player once because it wouldnt play a cd. so before i changed it, it told me that i only get five oppertunities to change it to different regions. i changed it and i was able to watch that movie on the cd. now, the problem is that when i had already downloded a song from limewire a few weeks ago, i couldnt play the song as it keeps on saying acuiring license when it never use to say it before i even changed my region. can anybody tell me what region it was on before i changed mine and how i change it. thanks!!! :confused4 :confused4
Wojtek
December 16th, 2006, 13:25
you'r trying to play a protected file.
And it will not play without the license. Nothing to do with regions.
jahed
December 16th, 2006, 13:40
you'r trying to play a protected file.
And it will not play without the license. Nothing to do with regions.

how comes i played the same song before i even changed the region?
Wojtek
December 16th, 2006, 13:52
Something broke.
Go to the store and buy the disk with the song you want to listen to.
Keagle
December 16th, 2006, 13:54
Try find someone on the Net you can download it for a fee, legally. Like Napster.
jahed
December 17th, 2006, 09:02
can any1 just tell me the default region on wonidws media player and how to change it!!!
redboyke
December 17th, 2006, 09:04
can any1 just tell me the default region on wonidws media player and how to change it!!!

dont know but you could always try to reinstall it. that way you are sure everything is default.
Tree
December 17th, 2006, 10:25
Uninstall WMP and install the latest version. Or just use Winamp, Foobar, or any of the other media players.
Decker
December 17th, 2006, 10:27
can any1 just tell me the default region on wonidws media player and how to change it!!!

Media player deaults to your regional settings default (which country you select as your default one - see control panel - regional settings), not the same as DVD region which will allow only playback of disks with that or 'region free' code. They are totally different.

Have you tried anything already suggested?
jahed
December 17th, 2006, 14:27
Media player deaults to your regional settings default (which country you select as your default one - see control panel - regional settings), not the same as DVD region which will allow only playback of disks with that or 'region free' code. They are totally different.

Have you tried anything already suggested?

thanks for the solution!!!
Keagle
December 17th, 2006, 15:22
It shouldn't have mattered..