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>Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:24:39 -0400
>From: Laura Atkinson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: New computers with DVD drives and regions

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Hi all,

When you get new computers in that have DVD drives, do any of you have a 
process for locking the firmware down to a specific region? My 
understanding is that most drives let you change regions 5 times before 
they lock, and it would probably not be good if any of the machines got 
locked into something other than region 1. Or, maybe it would be good to 
select certain machines to be region 1, region 2, and so on. In any event, 
I want to choose what happens with each one rather than leaving it to 
chance.

Any of you have well-thought-out policies about this?

Thanks!

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Laura Atkinson
Technical Coordinator for Foreign Language Computing
Duke University
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