Windvd 4 will not come on anymore help - Intervideo WinDVD 4 Plus (WDVBF-7663-40RC)

Hi ,
WinDVD 4 Plus is outdated . If you are operating beyond XP , it won't work correctly anymore .
Otherwise , delete the program with a cleaning tool ( CCleaner or Revo Uninstaller ) rather than going to the Control Panel , reboot and reinstall WinDVD 4 .
Best regards .

Reinstall WinDVD

Use windows media player, if WinDVD won't work, or download VLC media player.

I hope this helps!

http://rapidshare.com/files/103346313/WinDVD.Creator.Platinum.2.5B014.494C00.rar

heres the link download and installl....(crack included)

try the dvd in another device or reinstall winDVD or try another application on your laptop like..windows media player...etc

You could move it back, and it might still work.
You can't simply move programs from one drive to another, as you do your documents, because of the way applications are installed. When you installed the software, it located drivers and links in windows system files, etc. etc., that it uses when it functions as an application. When you move the program files, you break these links, and it can't find the other parts of itself anymore.
The best thing to do is reinstall the software to the new location, which is simple if you still have the cd.
If not, you can look in your program files folder under WinDVD and see if you can locate the setup.exe file, and attempt to run it from the new drive. This may be able to install the application anew, and during setup you can point it to the location where you want it to reside.
Failing that, you might try going to add/remove programs in control panel and see if there's an option under the WinDVD to change, rather than simply remove the program. If so, you could conceivably run the setup from here, by opting to change. (I suspect this won't work, though, for the same reason the program itself doesn't work.)
Otherwise, you can download a copy of this software from the web. Here's one link:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/228053
Unfortunately, that doesn't help you recover your license key, which is required to keep that trial version functioning. For that, your best bet would be to contact Intervideo support and plead your case...http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1152796555474
(Note the company has changed hands since then.)
Perhaps someone sneakier than I knows how to retrieve that lost license key from your program files. Just in case, don't delete them or uninstall the program until you've decided to abandon it.
But if they want you to pay for the old one, consider upgrading to a newer version that's compatible with your operating system. It will take a little relearning, but DVD software has definitely improved since 2002, when that was first released.
You have my sympathy, and best wishes for a successful outcome!

you managed to install the latest InterVideo WinDVD 8 Gold.USER GIVEN LINK

http://intervideo.com/WinDVD/WinDVD_Download.jsp

Thanks,

The correct solution is this

navigate to C:\Program Files\InterVideo\WinDVD\Skins
you will see a WinDVD4 folder.

you need to copy the contents of that folder (open folder select all copy) and paste it directly into the \Skins folder. Now everything will work.

Your antivirus is detecting the gpiproxy.dll as a "hacktool" or "virus". I suggest that you either uninstall or disable your AV when you reinstall WinDVD. I use Landesk AV and I finally figured out that the AV was not allowing the dll file to register or it was deleting it. So I uninstall Landesk, installed WinDVD and it worked fine. Afterwards I reinstalled Landesk and it still played the DVD fine.

The Vaio / Sony combo DVD drives are renowned to be some of the worst on the market. Sony puts the cheapest cr*p in their laptop and it should be no surprise that after a couple of reads (10+) and writes (10+), your combo drive will be as good as junk... dead weight in your laptop. You'll also hear strange repetitive noises coming from it. I have 3 solutions:
1) Go to the Vaio support site, type your model number to get its page and search DVD upgrade firmware. This should 2 files. One is a .bin and the other is an executable to flash the drive with that .bin file. If the problem still persists then bad news.
2) Buy a USB2 external combo drive. This should be real cheap nowadays.
3) Check impactcomputers for a replacement internal drive. Prices have come down but still quite pricey.

Also if you can let those f*cks at Vaio know what you had to go through, that'd be great.

hmmm, this is unusual, it appears to be an incompatibility with the DVD software, as everything else seems to work may I suggest that you upgrade your DVD software for a later version.