how to change computer region setting?

hey all, i bought a spiderman 3 dvd, but i cant play on my computer because its region 3 (my computer is region 1), and so they asked me to change my computer region setting to region 3 before i can play it.

does anyone know how to do that? the microsoft website isnt really helpful :/

yea computers can play any region. just get a good player like vlp player or bs player!jcosta223

Computers can, but doesn't the DVD player need to recognize the disc?

Computer region? I'm pretty sure that region applies to your DVD player, and not your computer. And it's not something you can change.RayvinAzn

It is, but a limited number of times. I don't recall the specific process but you have to get into your DVD drive's properties and change the region settings from there somehow..probably have to go through hardware manager.

Okay, I've found something..you are limited to 5 changes and then its permanently locked into the one you changed to when the counter reached zero. This is for Windows 2000 so it probably differs some in XP.

My Computer > DVD Drive (Right-click properties) > Hardware > DVD Drive > Properties (yes, again) > Select Region.