Computer Hassle! What? No DVD Drives?

We tried to upgrade a Windows 7 to Windows 10. It had been getting crankier and crankier. We thought it had done it, but asked for a restart. Then it crashed. My husband had lost the recovery drive long ago, and somehow it had removed all my restore points in the so called upgrade. I know I had restore points at one time, because I'd had to use them a few times. So, off to Best Buy for another computer. Our sales man pointed at a machine and said it still had a DVD drive. My first question: You mean some don't? Apparently the notebooks haven't had a DVD drive for some time, and they're phasing them out for the Desktop models. Fortunately, we could still get a computer with a DVD Drive. Good thing too, because we had just purchased Quicken and Turbotax in DVD format! Move forward to installing my Quicken and Turbotax on the new machine. I couldn't find a button anywhere on the machine to open the DVD drive! Been using computer for over 35 years, and I couldn't open that annoying drive! Finally, I remembered we could open it by going into explorer and right clicking on the drive and pressing EJECT. But be careful! EJECT is right next to FORMAT. Now the kicker! I won't be able to install a lot of my software on newer systems, because they won't have DVD drives!

Driver's License No Longer Enough in Five States

If you're in Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico and Washington, a driver's license will no longer considered acceptable identification for going between state lines. You'll need a passport. Only half of our states have the proper identification, and the other half were given an extension into October. So, if your from one of the five aforementioned states, be sure to take your passport, just in case you need to fly back. Not sure how they're going to check everyone traveling, but Fox News mentioned needing the correct identification to enter army bases. We renewed our passports this summer, and it took about eight weeks. Be sure to check the photo rules, because they're gotten more strict since the last time we renewed.