Vista - DVDs won't play correctly with Vista Media Center/Player after SP1

Hi there,

I'm hoping someone can help with this. I upgraded my Vista Home Premium
installation couple of days agao with service pack 1 and now when I try to
play any DVD using media center or media player, all I get are a screen full
of rainbow colored squares. The audio track is fine so I know the disc is
playing. And the even stranger thing is, if I open VLC and play the DVD in
there, it works fine. DVDs would play fine in media center or media player
before I upgraded and now they don't work. Here are my system specs....

Vista Home Premium SP1
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz
RAM 2,00 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS with 256MB Graphics memory
SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
Atheros AR5005GS Wireless Network Adapter
Philips DVD-ROM DROM6316

Regards,
danmyman

Hello,

Microsoft is giving customers free tech support with SP1. Here's the link: https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...4&gprid=500921

I hope this helps.

Thanks Joe I'll try this!

The solution for me was that I used Microsofts free of charge chat for
Service Pack 1 users and they helped me to deinstall the NVIDIA graphics card
driver and after reinstallation everything worked fine again. I had a very
friendly and competent Microsoft employee who got me through it in a breeze.
Can only recommend it!
regards,
danmyman

Do you recall how you did this? I am having the EXACT same problem and have the EXACT same video card.

I know little about computers and am scared to death to uninstall my video drivers. I'm afraid I'll end up with nothing!