Macrovision/DVD player TV-Out Issues

I have certain newer DVD's which have Macrovision copy protection on them.  When I try to play the movie, I get the same message no matter which of the 5 DVD software decoders I use.
"This DVD-Video content is protected by Macrovision.  This system does not satisfy Macrovision requirement.  Can't continue playing the disc."
In Lamen's terms, it means Macrovision detects a video out jack on my VGA.  It somehow needs to be disabled to continue.  How do I disable it or at least how can I get these movies to play on my PC?
System:
P3 500
MSI GeForce3 Ti200 (tv & dvi out)
Pioneer 16x DVD
320 mb RAM
Software:
WinXP Pro
-BlazeDVD
-MSIDVD
-DirectDVD
-Mediaplayer
-PowerDVD 4.0

Can anny body help us ?????????

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