No I have never tried to use VirtualBox so far, so I am unacostumed to it. I was hoping the problem was in some pre check up that can be mended with a reg entry, at least on temp basis. If anyone has any idea, please share it, however farfetched it might seem. I will try VirtualBox tommorow to see if same error occurs there. EDIT: I found a hint that disabling the video acceleration in the VMWare settings will enable PowerDVD to work, will test it out as well.