Changing DVD Region in the UK - recent convert to Macs

Tried to watch a DVD using Front Row, and it told me to change the region of the DVD player.
Any help on how to do this much appreciated for a newbie
Thanks

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Hello
We've had a Lenovo G550 2958 laptop for about a year now and only recently tried to play a DVD on it. I had a message to say that it couldn't be played as it's a region 2 DVD (which it is) and this is a region 1 machine. The system then gives me the option to change the region and I select UK (Region2), but I get a message saying that its unable to do this.
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