Windows 10: Windows 10 set DVD drive region by itself. How to return it to original state safely?

Yesterday I found out that my DVD drive had region changed to Region 2. I did not do that change. Previously I had 5 changes and no region set. That's how I want it to be. But somehow, WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, something has changed the region. This has used up one of my possible changes. I only used BurnAware recently but that has no setting to change regions there. Then another such last major change was windows update. In windows logs I only found bunch of errors regarding bad block on DVD disc and then this thing which looked a bit suspicious: Device \Device\CdRom0 is locked for exclusive access. What is that? What could have caused this to happen? And most importantly: HOW CAN I RETURN MY DVD DRIVE BACK TO ORIGINAL STATE?? I want it as I had it: Changes left 5, Region not set.



Thanks for any help.



Edit: The BurnAware is not run as administrator.

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Windows 10 will not allow any region changes to the DVD driver

Hi Dig,



I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with Windows 10. I will certainly help you.



This issue might occur if region settings is done correctly.



I suggest you to follow the steps below to change the region settings from region 2 to region 4 ( Australian).

1. Press Windows Key + R Key.

2. Type “devmgmt.msc” without the quotes and hit on Enter Key.

3. Expand DVD/CD-ROM drives, right-click the DVD drive for which you want to change region settings and then click
Properties.

4. On the DVD Region tab.

5. Under list of regions, scroll down the mouse to search for Australia from the list and click on it.

6. Then region 4 will be listed below, then click on Ok button.





Please get back to us with an update on issue with DVD region settings, we will be happy to help.



Thank you.

 

DVD region on media player with DVD driver and windows DVD player

Hi Keith

Windows Media Player doesn't even have DVD Playback support.

Try doing it through Device Manager

Press Windows key + X

Click Device Manager

Click "DVD/CD-ROM drives" to view a list of your installed disk drives.

Right-click your DVD drive and click "Properties" to open its Properties dialog box. Click the box's "DVD Region" tab to open a list of countries.

Scroll to and select "United States" in the countries list and then click "OK" to change your drive's region, enabling Windows Media Player to play Region One DVDs.

 

DVD player settings - region selection & # of changes limitation

I'm not certain as I don't remember playing a dvd movie from this dvd drive.

It's currently shows "Current Region: not selected" and that I have a total of 5 region changes left.

If I load a movie that's an iso file as a virtual dvd, the virtual drive's properties shows it's set to region 1

So perhaps you're right I would need to set the region before playing a dvd movie?

I do have a Sony NS55P DVD Player purchased new in the US approx. 10 years ago that has no region code stamped on the player. However since it was sold by Sears in the US I suspect it's set to region 1.

A person on another forum said if I purchased a region 2 DVD that I may be able to play it by using DVD-R copying software converting and burning the DVD to an iso file or DVD-R disc using DVD copying software. There is also some software $$$ that cost around $40.00 that claims to be able to copy e.g. region 2 dvds to region 1 dvd's.

I tried to find this one particular DVD online and could only find it as a region 2 DVD even though all the actors were from the US. Either a region 1 dvd wasn't created or isn't available yet to purchase.

There are multi-region / region-less dvd players for sale on eBay that run from $30.00+
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There is suppose to be a Sony NS55P hack where one person configured it to play a region 2 dvd. However it appears only the the person who posted the hack was able to get it to work with his Sony NS55P.


Region code hack posted by Reeio, November 23 2006:
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I have tried the Tray Aging mode with my brand new Region 1 DVP-NS55P purchased in the US at Best Buy. It can now play Region 2 DVD perfectly. I do not know if the Tray Aging method made it region free, since I only have Region 1 and 2 dvds.

MAIN PROCEDURE

1. Turn off NS55P, leave TV on.
2. Using the original remote supplied with the NS55P, press these buttons in order: DISPLAY, TOP MENU, CLEAR, POWER.
3. NS55P will turn on, displaying the secret menu on the tv screen.
4. Select 2: Drive Manual Operation, then 4: Tray Aging Mode.
5. The screen then shows two input lines: Input Count and Current Count. Use the code 00030 on the first line. Pressing zero first will take you back to the original menu, so instead of trying to type 0-0-0-3-0, try something like 1-0-0-0-3-0 so the 1 in the front disappears after the last zero is entered.
6. Press ENTER on the remote. Disk tray will then open and close automatically 30 times. Let it do this until it finishes.
7. Repeat steps 4-6, but instead of using 00030 in the Input Count, use 00000. Press ENTER, and the NS55P is now capable of reading Region 2 dvds.
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