Rented movies freezing on Windows 8

Hi.
I just recently rented a movie through iTunes, and since I made the mistake to upgrade to Windows 8, the movie won't play now. iTunes will freeze, and it also freezes for trailers. I've tried turning off Direct3D Acceleration on QuickTime and did a couple of other things, but had no luck.
Is it just a compatability issue? Thanks.

Sorry mate, Im out of ideas Im wondering why the Win 8 installation failed two times.
Could it be a hardware problem? Well, this is not impossible but why does it work using Win 7? Strange
However, fact is that Synaptics driver works and should work for you too
There is a new BIOS update 6.50-WIN. This is for Win 8 system.
Maybe you should try it.
Note: install all available Win 8 drivers released on the Toshiba EU driver page

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