Keeping the DVD region-free:

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I do not know if there are any other programs out there that do the same as this one (have never looked) but this program starts up with your DVD player software and makes the drive region free it tricks the pc in to thinking it’s the right region for the disc.

May be there are othere programs that are free but i have not found one yet the only other way to go ist the firmware update.