how to disable playing of video DVDs

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Is it possible in Windows XP to make it so that a DVD movie cannot be
played on the computer? I have one family member that starts watching
a movie on the computer (even though we do have a home theater) and
will not surrender the computer to others that need to do actual work
on the computer.

Brian
 
Is it possible in Windows XP to make it so that a DVD movie cannot be
played on the computer? I have one family member that starts watching
a movie on the computer (even though we do have a home theater) and
will not surrender the computer to others that need to do actual work
on the computer.

Brian
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Uninstall any DVD components ?
 
Yes, remove any software that plays DVD movies; another (semi-permanent)
way is to replace the DVD drive with a standard CD-RW drive (no DVD playback
or DVD-burning/writing capability). If your family stores files on DVD
disks, they would have to revert to CD-R's or RW's.

The second method is semi-permanent because that family member may well be
able to reinstall a DVD drive if they had the knowledge to do so.
 
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