How To Play DVDs on Windows 8

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Published on Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:00:44 GMT Indexed on 2012/11/02 11:05 UTC
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Upgrade to Windows 8 and you may be surprised to find that you can no longer play video DVDs. Unlike previous versions of Windows, Windows 8 doesn’t include built-in support for playing DVDs.

Microsoft opted not to include DVD support because so many new computers – especially tablets and ultrabooks – aren’t coming with DVD drives. Microsoft pays a licensing fee for each copy of Windows that ships with DVD support.

Note: You can still use data DVDs with Windows 8. This only applies to video DVDs.

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