I have movies that were burned using windows 98, and programs on using the same. When I put them in my drive, my computer reads it as a blank disk, and ask if I want to prepare disk for burning..

VLC media play from Videolan seems to play anything you throw at it . http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ And it's free .

VLC media only works with windows 95, 98 or Me... I guess I'll say that on my other computer with Windows 98, all the movies works just fine, and my computer programs also work fine. However, on the new computer that I just purchased with Vista Home premium..... it reads for the movies: as a blank disk and asked to prepare disk for burning... for the programs: it recommends windows 98 or older... isn't Vista supposed to incorporperate and consolidate all older programs ??? Do I need to enable something or download compatibiltiy file?