Windows Media Player 11 Becomes Unresponsive

August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

When you use Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 to play a video file in Windows Vista, Windows Media Player may be temporarily unresponsive. For example, you may experience any one of the following symptoms:

# You cannot close Windows Media Player.
# You cannot resize Windows Media Player.
# You cannot use the transport controls.
# You cannot move the seek bar.

At the same time that you experience any one of these symptoms, the video plays successfully. After several minutes, Windows Media Player responds correctly.

This problem occurs when you use Windows Media Player to play a very large MPEG2 file.

To work around this problem, wait until Windows Media Player responds. You may have to wait as long as one minute for a 1-gigabyte (GB) MPEG2 file.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows Vista.

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Missing Control Panel Icons

August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment

On a computer that is running Windows Vista, you may experience one or more of the following problems:

# Icons are missing from Control Panel.

# You cannot start Control Panel. When you try to start Control Panel, the screen may flash briefly, but Control Panel does not start.

# You cannot start the Welcome Center. For example, when you type welcome center in the Start Search box, and then you click Welcome Center in the Programs list, nothing happens.

# You cannot start Windows Vista games such as Chess or Minesweeper. When you try to start the games, nothing happens.

These problems may occur intermittently.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Vista.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows Vista. This problem was first corrected in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

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DVD Menu Commands Do Not Work Correctly

August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

When you click a DVD menu command in Microsoft Windows Media Player 11, nothing happens. This occurs when Windows Media Player 11 is in full-screen mode.

This issue can occur if the DVD menu command graphic is not correctly lined up with the command on the menu itself. Because of this issue, the mouse click actually misses the interactive area of the screen.

To work around this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method 1 – Click the mouse pointer around the menu command graphic until the menu command runs.

Method 2 – Press ENTER to run the default menu command.

Method 3 – Press ESC to play the DVD in full-screen mode.

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