WinDvD 8 HD won't install

DocD · Post by **DocD** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:47 pm

Hi all

Today I purchased a copy of WinDVD platinum but when i try to install it fails with the following message;

Not a valid system. Setup will now abort.

Specs:
Opteron 150 @ 3.0ghz (advisor says NO, but works with PowerDVD7 @ 70% cpu when using software acceleration)
2 gig fast ram
Nforce 4 mobo
Toshiba HD drive
Vista 32bit (clean install)
Latest drivers

Eisenschenk · Post by **Eisenschenk** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:33 pm

got the same message. did you find a solution?

Eisenschenk · Post by **Eisenschenk** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:28 am

after 7 years with intervideo i finally bought PowerDVD ultra. installation was flawless on my new vista machine and i could watch my new blu-ray movies. i am really dissapointed with corel/intervideo!!

Bignickfly · Post by **Bignickfly** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:40 am

Eisenschenk wrote:after 7 years with intervideo i finally bought PowerDVD ultra. installation was flawless on my new vista machine and i could watch my new blu-ray movies. i am really dissapointed with corel/intervideo!!

Here Here, I did same Powerdvd ultra and great HD-DVD movies flawless out of the box.
I think Corel sucked all the life out of Intervideo and cost them $196mil to do it?????.

DocD · Post by **DocD** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:14 am

Hi, the only solution from tech support so far was to download an alternative version of WinDVD8, which I did. This version installed with no problems. Unfortunatley it does not support HD-DVD or BD, so is as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.

DocD · Post by **DocD** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:53 pm

Finally sorted!

The answer in the end was to remove WinDVD with add/remove programs, clean out the registry via regedit and then simply install PowerDVD 7.3; worked perfectly first time. HD DVD heaven.

maico · Post by **maico** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:08 am

FYI:

System Requirements

Processor: Intel?Pentium?4 2.8GHz or higher, AMD Athlon?64 FX-60 2.6 GHz or above
RAM: 1GB RAM is recommended
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista only
VGA card: NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT, GeForce 8600GT, GeForce 8600GTS only
We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.
VGA VRAM: 128 MB or above
Sound card: PCI sound card or on-board audio card
Hard Drive: 200 MB of hard disk space
Optical Drive: Please make sure you have a Blu-ray optical drive for Blu-ray titles or HD DVD drive for HD DVD movies on your system. Both Blu-ray and HD DVD drives are capable of playing your standard DVD titles. However, DVD optical drives cannot play back High-Definition movies.
Optical Disc: HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc, AVCHD Disc, DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo, DVD-R/RW, DVD+RW or DVD-RAM drive with 1394, ATAPI, SCSI, USB 2.0 or Card Bus interface
Please uninstall any pervious versions of WinDVD before installing WinDVD 8 Platinum HD/BD, to avoid conflicts and ensure optimum performance.

banger_54th_ · Post by **banger_54th_** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:34 am

Corel will try to frustrate you out of a refund. ( notice....everything is an auto reply and you can't contact a living being) You're better off contacting your credit card company and disputing the charge. *** up a storm to them about how Corel screwed you and let them chase Corel around !