Comments on: Install Dell OEM PowerDVD on non OEM system

By: jibu

jibu — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:34:00 +0000

Thanks a Lot James, Worked with " * " .

By: mark

mark — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:23:21 +0000

i bow 2 u james!!!

By: ed

ed — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:10:37 +0000

I have cyberlink power dvd 7.0 software and Ilooked at your web site but I can't find on here the vendor name to change it to put the program on my ibm laptop. Can you tell me how to find that on this program. It is a dell disk with the cyberlink program. Thanks ED

By: MarcusA

MarcusA — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:12:44 +0000

You people rock. My version had the following line in the custom.ini file.

vendor=dell

I changed it to

vendor=*

Now I have DVD playing ability again. And I don't feel bad at all, since Dell had the worst customer support and rebate process. I'm glad I built my own system.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:37:20 +0000

msinfo32 did the ticket. Thanks!

Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.0 Dell OEM on a Gigabit Motherboard

By: Ariel

Ariel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:17:01 +0000

In my case, I just replace the Dell with *. This works in my Virtual PC.

[PowerDVD]
CLScan=*,Unbranded
RunDVDLauncherMCE=1

I tried to change it with System Manufacturer as mentioned by sudipto but it didn't work, this one works for me.

But this forum help me a lot.

By: joe blow

joe blow — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:58:47 +0000

The exact text in my Custom.ini file was a bit different. For example, the text "CLScan" was nowhere in the file.

So I just searched for the word "Dell". I found it. Then I replaced the word Dell with an * (asterisk), just like the OP instructed.
It worked like a charm for my custom built PC!

James Clements, you're a badass for figuring this out! Thanks!
I was even kinda proud of myself just to have googled up your answer, lol.

By: Kamal

Kamal — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:35:48 +0000

Thanks a bunch! It work on a system I built myself using "*"

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:48:49 +0000

Nice tip! Thanks James. Worked with " * ".

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:14:42 +0000

Wonderful! I needed to do exactly as you described. I did a google search and your blog was at the top of the list. I did as you suggested, and "presto" I had PowerDVD installed and running. Thank you very much.