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A final update: Toshiba tech support finally got back to me yesterday. They told me to do another factory reset. I did, and I got another blue screen 10 minutes later. I called tech support again and they told me to send the laptop to them for repairs. They think that it's a problem with the...

Interesting. Then perhaps they'll send me one of those disks if they conclude that it is indeed the OS. I'm still waiting to hear back from them.

Lewes: The issue came up for the first time a couple of days, maybe sooner, after using it for the first time. I'm actually in contact with Toshiba tech support regarding the issue. If they find a solution, I'll post it here. After telling them about the error message displayed during the...

Some more info to add: I tried booting into Safe Mode to see if I still get a BSOD. I do, along with the same "System_Service_Exception" error message. I also reseated the RAM and ran another memory test, this time with Memtest86+ (I used "Windows Memory Diagnostic" before). Once again, the...

Note: Please disregard what it says under "My System Specs" for this post. This post is about a different computer. I bought a Toshiba Satellite C855D-S5359 laptop a couple of weeks ago. It came with Windows 8 (64-bit) pre-installed. Every now and then, the laptop gets a Blue Screen of Death...

That was indeed the problem. I updated my ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 graphics card driver to it's most recent release, which was for Windows Vista. The driver is indeed supported by Windows 8 and now Windows Media Center plays DVDs and runs smoother. Thank you very much for your help, bobkn!

The current driver that I'm using for that graphics card is Microsoft Basic Display Adapter. Unfortunately, drivers for that card only go up to Windows Vista, so I just keep the adapter that is currently installed. It very well could be a graphics card problem. As you said, it's an old card...

Thank you for the reply, dirtyvu. I wasn't aware that you're able to play DVDs through Windows Media Player if you're running Windows 8. From what I read, that option is no longer available to Windows 8 users, even if you have the Windows Media Center Pack (Windows 8: Clarifying Codecs...

I'm running Windows 8 Pro (32-bit) on a Lenovo ThinkPad T60 laptop. I installed the Windows Media Center Pack today from the Microsoft promotion that allows you to get it for free until January. When I try to play a DVD through Windows Media Center, I get this error message: "Cannot Play DVD...