We know that Windows 7 Starter edition comes with some limitation. One of them is that there’s no DVD playback feature. For those who have purchased or are planning to purchase a netbook with Windows 7 Starter Edition, but would like to have the DVD playback feature, here’s a great freeware that will solve your problem – the VLC Media Player.
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac …) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
There are certainly other free third-party audio/video software out there for viewing DVDs — VLC media player is what we recommend. The important point is, don’t spend money to upgrade to a costlier version of Windows 7 if you just want to get the DVD playback feature!
Great cant wait to try it nothing has worked for me so far
Using the vlc media player really does work for me, i have a windows 7 starter 32 bit system, some people have said it dosent work on the 64 bit system but its worth a try. but it definately works on windows 7 starter 32bit.
Kind regards,
Jack kelly
I’ve been in search of and search for material regarding this for pretty some time now. Many thank you for the helpful insight.
great fix for windows 7 starter. i had already tried advanced codec packs etc.. to no avail but vlc media player works like a charm to play my dvds on my netbook. thanks for posting.
Worked first time. Toshiba 32 bit. notebook. Thanks guys.