0608, 2015

Playing DVDs on Windows 10 Home

August 6, 2015
About Your Computer, Tips and Tricks

Chances are, if you upgraded to Windows 10 Home, you will be unable to play DVDs on your computer. Microsoft offers a fix for this, in the form of a $14.99 app, but there is another (free) solution. In order to watch DVDs for free on your Window 10 computer, you will need two things: A DVD-ROM drive – either built-in or external (This will not allow you to watch

1105, 2015

What is a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD)?

May 11, 2015
About Your Computer

On a computer running a Windows operating system, a fatal error that shuts down the system is known as a “Blue Screen of Death” or just “BSoD,” named after the screen that displays before the computer turns off. This screen usually has a code for the error, though often the computer turns off so quickly that reading the code is difficult, at best. It is possible to disable the automatic