Re: Windows 10 CD and DVD

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No joy.

I should have mentioned - these desktops with clean Windows 10 installs
will not recognize DVDs at all.  As in not read.  As in you try Windows
Explorer and it simply asks you to put a disc in.  That's it.

On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 2:44 PM Mark Waterbury <
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Jeff.
>
> Try this:
>     https://www.technipages.com/enable-disable-cd-burning-windows
>
> HTH,
>
> Mark S. Waterbury
>
>     On Friday, March 6, 2020, 2:35:17 PM EST, Jeff Crosby <
> jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Well, I learned something new today.
>
> MS has removed the ability to read / burn CDs and DVDs from Windows 10.  If
> you upgrade from Windows 7 that ability stays, but a clean install it's not
> there.  We got our first 2 clean installs recently to that's how I found
> that out.
>
> We don't use DVDs much, basically once a month to burn PDF copies of all
> the months invoices (don't use USB because they can be erased).
>
> The PC store said use VLC media player to listen to audio.  Use CDBurnerXP
> to burn audio.  Neither does what we want.  The PC store says the MS stuff
> is no longer available.
>
> Before I have to install a smorgasbord of apps to get what we used to have
> right in Windows, is what used to be in Windows for free available?  At a
> price?
>
> And MS wonders why people get pi$$ed at them.
>
> Thanks.
>
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>
> Jeff Crosby
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> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
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>
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