Can't play any DVD on laptop!

I have a Toshiba laptop and I have been using an external hard drive to play music and watch DVDs with great success.  All of a sudden I ca't play DVD but I can still play music CD I have XP and I tried to download an upgrade of the driver video but not sure that I understand, I was using Windows Media 11 and re-installed again no help.  Here is the error message: "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with the digital copy between your DVD drive decoder and video card protection.  Try to install a driver available for your video card.

I'd appreciate any help!

It is quite possible the DVD laser has gone wrong, and it's time to buy a new player.

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