PowerDVD player

You can download a trial version, but XP Windows Media Player can play DVD's so there isn't much point!

PowerDVD is a full commercial programme, and as such, doesn't come in freeware or shareware versions. There are other ways of obtaining it. I have seen it available on Kazaa and WinMX, but of course that's called 'getting something for nothing' and is slightly unethical and possibly illegal. Alternatively, many DVD drives costing under US$30 these days come bundled with a version.

Good software is worth buying...and good software has the backup and support and user assistance that justifies the cost! $29.99 is a small price to pay for PDVD4XP and the support web-site is worth that alone!