Windows Edition and Release Date, Copying to SSD, and Playing Directly from Discs

[Chris Kelly]

Could Windows 10 home or Pro, 20H2 or 21H1 help contribute to the amount of problems?

[Woodstock]

Different versions of W10 have different security settings regarding programs and linkages between them, yes. Even differences between how it works if the optical drive is on a SATA cable or a USB cable affects what permissions are needed.

[Chris Kelly]

Last week, I went from Windows 10 Pro 20H2 to Windows 10 Home 21H1. I thought that was when I started having some difficulty. Although maybe I should try another disc, as opposed to continuing trying to get the one working I've been trying to watch all week. My laptop has a Windows 10 Home product key in its BIOS. I can go into the Windows Activation and change the product key of my Windows Installation to a Windows 10 Pro product key, but since I did a clean install, I can't go back to 20H2.

Different versions of W10 have different security settings regarding programs and linkages between them, yes. Even differences between how it works if the optical drive is on a SATA cable or a USB cable affects what permissions are needed.