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by felixlai

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I have a C++ program that turns off the regional protection on my DVD drive until computer is rebotted. It used to work fine on Win98 but after I upgraded to WinXP it is complaining there is no ASPI layer present. I tried downloading ASPI from adaptec.com, but the problem remains, any good ideas?

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by jeremyrem

Windows XP does not support ASPI it has it own system (Dont ask)

Umm.. Try searching the registry or or use DVD Genie.

Power DVD lets u select the region 3 times

by felixlai

The whole point is to let me bypass region restrictions, we all know we can change it 5 times via control panel, but after that it will be permanent!! DVD Genie doesn't work either because my DVD drive is RPC-2.

Sorry but your answer was not helpful

by felixlai

Yes, region killer is no good at RPC-2 drivers, it only deals with limitations on the software part, not firmware/hardware.

by nhiep_nguyen

Region Killer 2 does work with RPC 2. Check it out at elaborate.com. Quote :A hardware protected RPC-2 drive is "emulated" by a device driver! All player software and the Windows operating system "believe" in the hardware lock and will disable theirregion code checking. This is what the wonderful DVD Region Killer 2 does!
Your ASPI problem is due to concurrent sofftware that have it like Netmeeting. You should close all those programs before running the DVD.
I have RPC-2 drive, PowerDVD andwinDVD, latest version and it works.

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