How to install PowerDVD 2.5.5 retail version : 

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8-steps to DVD bliss :

1. Uninstall any previous versions of PowreDVD (very important). 

2. Make sure DirectX 6.0 or 7.0 with the DXMedia Run Time 6.0 is installed on your system. You can download these files here :
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/

3. You should have downloaded these files :
pdvd255a.zip 
pdvd255b.zip
pdvd255c.zip

extract the contents of these zip packages to a temp directory, eg. c:\temp\

These files should have been extracted into this directory :

fileinfo.txt
instructions.txt (this file)
serial.txt
pdvd255.exe
pdvd255.r00
pdvd255.r01

4. run pdvd255.exe and extract these files into another temporary directory, eg. c:\temp\

5. run the setup.exe and when prompted for name, company and CDKEY, enter any value for name and company, but enter this CDKEY :
DV3X417M28947802

this CDKEY is also in a files called serial.txt 

6. You can now safely delete the temp directory used earlier.

7. Download the DVD Genie program to change the region settings of PowerDVD without incrementing the counter :
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/region_soft.html

8. Enjoy !!

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please refer to this site for more PowerDVD downloads :

PowerDVD Download Center
http://pdvd.cjb.net
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