DVD and WindowsNT?

[@@@Stoffer@@@]

Hi,

My father is about to purchase a new computer, and want to install WindowsNT on it.

He has read somewhere, that you cannot use a DVD-drive when you have installed WindowsNT, only Windows98. I have searched the web, to find an answer, but cannot find one.

Thank you in advance.

[noackjr]

You can use a DVD drive in Windows NT. However, if you plan on using a hardware decoder make sure the decoder has drivers for NT. My Creative Labs decoder card does, but I've found that software playback with WinDVD is better (only one I know of that supports NT, though). Check out <a href="http://www.dvdutils.com">DVD Utils</a> to see if WinDVD will work for you.

Hope that helps,
Jon

[LrngToFly]

Yes, the drive will work fine, but decoding software probably won't (WinDVD is supposed to work in NT4, but I sure can't get it to...)

If he can hold off 2 more months, wait for Win2K (WinNT5 renamed...) to arrive... I've been making this recommendation to friends and relatives...

[noackjr]

I'm playing "The Matrix" with WinDVD in a window right now on my NT machine...

"There is no spoon..."