People who have a PC with Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and Windows Media Center installed will be able to automatically download the new DVD Player app for Windows 10 for free when they ...

And as promised, the company has begun rolling out a dedicated Windows DVD Player application for previous Media Center users who have upgraded to Windows 10.

However, I can't install DVD Player 3.1.1 on the PowerBook because the install process says, correctly, that there isn't a DVD drive on the machine. Catch-22.

Microsoft's decision to remove support for playing DVD movies in Windows 8 has caused some confusion. If the VLC media player can provide DVD support for free, why can't Microsoft? For starters ...