Free DVD Player Software for Vista Business Edition

Thu Feb 8, 2007 6:17PM EST

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If you purchased a laptop with Vista preinstalled, chances are good it was the Business Edition of Vista. Bad news if you, you know, take your laptop with you on the road and heaven forbid you want to watch a DVD on the plane: Vista Business Edition doesn't include Windows Media Center, which lets you watch DVDs on your machine.

Why not install your own DVD software? Vista's nightmarish DRM schemes have reportedly made a lot of video playing software applications incompatible, and many users have reported that they can't get their existing DVD player apps to work under Vista.

As well, these things cost money. Not much, but even $15 is too much to pay for something that ought to be part of the operating system, in my opinion.

Luckily, I've found a solution for you: AVS DVD Player, which is completely free, works under Vista just fine, has no spyware of any kind, and is easy to use. If there's a catch with AVS, I haven't found it. Give it a whirl before your next business trip.

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  • 1 Posted by tomcxp on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:15PM EDT Report Abuse

    Awesome post! I recently installed Windows Vista Business and was looking for a freeware program to play DVDs. Thanks!

  • 2 Posted by patty_764 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:02PM EDT Report Abuse

    Thanks from me too! That's just what I needed. One more problem with vista solved...just a gazillion more to go.

  • 3 Posted by ctoner on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:32PM EDT Report Abuse

    Christopher, I really appreciate the tip, I was just lamenting to my family about this exact issue, with your same comments. I would be more than happy to send you the $15 just for your efforts. Thanks Chris

  • 4 Posted by nurshiruan on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:42PM EDT Report Abuse

    Chris, thank you for your info, as ctoner we just bought the new pc with vista installed, no dvd's software there, I'm surf and found your comment. Thanks again.

  • 5 Posted by cmt51597 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:27PM EDT Report Abuse

    Hey Chris, I'm just amazed....you've solved a major problem for me and it's free!! I just upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Vista Business so I can network my laptop where I work, but heard from our IT guy that I lose the Media Center (what a joke!). Well, now I have a solution! When is Microsoft going to stop playing these games!?! I'll be thanking you on my next flight! Maybe you can set-out to accomplish world peace next!

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