Mediasmart software problem loading onto computer with new hard drive and operating system

My computer recently crashed and I had to buy a new hard drive and operating system. None of the programs from the old hard drive were saved. The computer is an HP Pavilion dv7-3165dx Entertainment Notebook and I have Windows 7 Professional (64x) as the operating system. Tried to download Mediasmart from the HP Web page to play DVD and Blu-Ray Discs. The programs downloaded but will not install. Any suggestions?

waynesworld57 wrote:
My computer recently crashed and I had to buy a new hard drive and operating system. None of the programs from the old hard drive were saved. The computer is an HP Pavilion dv7-3165dx Entertainment Notebook and I have Windows 7 Professional (64x) as the operating system. Tried to download Mediasmart from the HP Web page to play DVD and Blu-Ray Discs. The programs downloaded but will not install. Any suggestions?
Hi,
It looks like it's a common issue: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/TX-TM-Series-Notebooks-Reply-Only/HP-Mediasmart-Software-package-for-Wi...
Try VLC as a multimedia player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
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