playing a dvd

[pking4]

My system is an ECS model K7YMM Type X86-based pc with an AMD Athlon (tm)XP 1800+ processor. 512MB ram and a sony ddu-1611 dvd-rom.

I have just within the hour upgraded from windows me to xp home edition and the dvd player seems to be the casualty.

Since the upgrade I have been trying everything to make sure that they work - unfortunately I seen unable to plat dvd´s. When I try to play a dvd (using either Win dvd or power dvd, I get the following message:
" create overlay failed. Please lower your screen resolution or colour depth and try again". I have always used 1028x768 on my 566LM monitor, but I altered the resolution and the response was the same.
My video card is an S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR.
Can anyone advise me on how to solve this problem. I was able to play dvd´s without a problem up to the moment I started to install the xp upgrade. Thanks. Best regards.

[GretaP]

You may have incurred damage to DirectX installation during the upgrade to WINXP. Try d/loading and installing DirectX 9 (http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a19bed22-0b25-4e5d-a584-6389d8a3dad0&displaylang=en), creating a Restore Point first (DirectX 9 cannot be uninstalled).

You might want to check for updates for your video drivers as well.

[pking4]

Downloading dx9 did not solve the problem, but updating the video driver did. Many thanks. Best regards.
pking4

[GretaP]

You're welcome, pking4. I'm glad that one of the items that I recommended helped to solve the problem :D