My coworker has a Sony machine with a Pioneer DVR104 drive. He purchased XP Pro and wiped his system and installed from scratch.

All his DVD burning apps and players were in the bundled CD's that came with the PC. Those install a lot of uneeded crap and support stuff. He just wants to burn, rip and play DVD's.

What all software would he need to play DVD's? He hasn't decided on Burning and Authoring software yet. He had Adobe Premier on the preinstalled OS but did not like it.

LS