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Message: <blockquote data-quote="luci5r" data-source="post: 1173638" data-attributes="member: 113478">joecrow & all,I had been meaning to jump back here and detail my experience. After much hunting & gathering, I was finally able to resolve all my issues, and have a perfectly working Windows 10 based MediaPortal/HTPC now; no BSOD's, all BD's, including BD3D's working flawlessly. Ultimately I learned that it was not VirtualCloneDrive or SPTD drivers, or any third-party image mounting drivers at all which were causing the CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION BSOD's on my Windows 10. I actually spoke to someone at SlySoft, the makers of VirtualCloneDrive (and AnyDVD), who assured me that VirtualCloneDrive was actually updated to work with Windows 10. It was fully compatible and the latest version didn't have the drivers that caused problems in Windows 10. This was my own oversight. Upon reading details on the VirtualCloneDrive download page, it very clearly stated compatibility with Windows 10. As it turned out, my CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION BSOD's were being caused by ArcSoft TotalMedia Theater. Specifically, a driver called "ArcCtrl.Sys" that can be found in C:\Windows\System32\drivers. This file is installed by TMT6, and not only is it incompatible with Windows 10, but actually causes the CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION BSOD's in Windows 10. If you head over to ArcSoft's website, it very clearly states that TMT6 is not compatible with Windows 10, in fact ArcSoft has abandoned the production of TMT6 altogether. It's not longer supported or maintained. It's an obsolete software at this point. As soon as I uninstalled TMT6 from my system and manually removed all traces of any directories associated with it, my BSOD's ceased. I've not had a single BSOD since I removed TMT6.I reinstalled VirtualCloneDrive & even AnyDVD HD ... no BSODs. My next issue was an external player for BD & BD3D. Head over to Cyberlink and grab a copy of PowerDVD 15 Ultra. This program is fully compatible & supported by Windows 10. Latest drivers and all. Moreover, the player works flawlessly!! I was able to program all shortcuts into my Hauppauge Remote just like I had done for TMT6, and it handles all BD's and BD3D's flawlessly just like TMT6 used to. I have not had a single problem migrating from TMT6 to PowerDVD 15 Ultra. There is absolutely no feature missing; no errors and no issues. It does everything TMT6 does, and considering it has newer drivers and is well maintained, updated & supported by Cyberlink, it is actually more stable then TMT6. I've had intermittent quirks with TMT6 over the years - but PowerDVD 15 has been working flawlessly. The only issue I experienced with PowerDVD 15 was that it refuses to play BD ISO's that do not have the entire / complete directory structure. The solution was simply - PowerISO. PowerISO is able to manipulate an ISO on the fly. For the most part, some of my BD's were missing a folder called "META". Just create an empty directory called "META" where the rest of the folders reside, right inside PowerISO, and close the ISO. It works flawlessly after that in PowerDVD 15. My Windows 10, MediaPortal 13, PowerDVD 15 Ultra combination has been working flawlessly for days now - no issues, no BSODs. [USER=128337]@joecrow[/USER]: You should seriously consider migrating from TMT6 to PowerDVD. TMT6 is responsible for your BSOD's. You'll have an afternoon of setting up PowerDVD, finding and eliminating any quirks, getting everything to work properly -- but You'll be a happy camper after that. Feel free to ask me any questions should you come against any issues. Hope this helps anyone in my boat. Thanks.</blockquote>

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