NetMeeting Cannot Run When You Are Running a DVD-ROM Program (232813)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
This article was previously published under Q232813 SYMPTOMS
When you join a Microsoft NetMeeting conference and play a DVD-ROM disk simultaneously, you may receive the following error message:
DVD Player has encountered a Macrovision violation and cannot play this media. Please try a different media, or contact your system manufacturer.
CAUSE
This issue can occur because NetMeeting and DVD-ROM decoding solutions use some of the same resources.
RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, do not run NetMeeting while you are using a DVD-ROM program.
WORKAROUND
The following text describes how to eliminate the DVD error described in this article:
- Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
- The Control Panel window appears.
- Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
- The Add/Remove Programs Properties window appears.
- Scroll-down and click PC Friendly and then click the Add/Remove button.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall the PC Friendly software.
- Insert a DVD and start the Cinemaster DVD program.
- When the message prompting to choose this player as the default, click yes.
- Click the Play button and the movie will play.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 7/25/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbHardware kbprb KB232813 |
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