I downloaded the HUGE Nero Multi media thing. GOD WHAT A HUGE DOWNLOAD. I now have all these icons on my desktop Nero, this, Nero that. All I care about is playing a dvd. So I downloaded, installed, blah blah.

I uninstalled my other media players. The bestplayer, and the vlc one.

I didn't touch the Windows Media Player 11 because it's a WINDOWS XP THING and I didn't want to touch that.

so I re-booted, I put in Avatar, it loaded up just fine.

There was Avatar, but the sound is crappy and the video moves slowly.

Same thing with my other dvd's.

I tried cleaning my dvd rom drive thing by blowing air out of my mouth into it. (I read where you can buy a can of air and do this, but since I don't have a can of air, I used my mouth).

It was a bit better but NOT MUCH.

So I gather my dvd rom thing is dirty. I am going to go to the computer guy, borrow a can of air from him, come home, and try again.

this Nero thing is a free trial.

Thank god.

Melody