Take advantage of the Apple computer at your office to play DVDs that contain technical manuals, applicant resumes or software tutorials. When you insert a DVD into the computer's DVD drive, the ...

If you try to play a DVD in Windows 8 you may have noticed that you are unable to do so. This is because Microsoft removed free DVD playback from Windows 8 due to the costs of licensing the codecs ...

If you get a new Windows 8 computer, you might be surprised to find out that it won't play your DVDs as Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, omitted this feature in the new version of the OS. Although ...

Those darn DVDs. Why do some DVDs play on a PC but not others? O.C.’s PC Club tackles a reader’s DVD dilemma. Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange ...

You can play a DVD in Windows 10 for free with a little help. But that help’s probably best if it doesn’t come from Microsoft. I’ll tell you how Microsoft’s solution sort-of works for some people.

With the release of Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft made the decision to remove DVD playback, and forego the inclusion of Blu-ray playback. Whereas with Windows 7 you could slot a DVD into your ...

When you install Windows 8 on your system, you gain access to a number of new features. Some are clear upgrades over previous versions of Windows—the new system-wide search, for instance—while others ...