Screen Distortion After You Run Windows Media Player Continuously (275459)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 7
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1
This article was previously published under Q275459

SYMPTOMS

After you have continuously run a test Web page with an embedded Windows Media Player object for several hours, your screen may appear garbled or distorted.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if the Windows Media Player control is displayed.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, set the ShowDisplay parameter to zero so that the Windows Media Player control will not be displayed. To do so, create an object that is similar to the following object: 
<PARAM NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0">

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2003
Keywords:kbdisplay kbenv kbpending kbprb KB275459
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