Microsoft KB Archive/275459

= Screen Distortion After You Run Windows Media Player Continuously =

Article ID: 275459

Article Last Modified on 11/14/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 6.4
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0
 * Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.1

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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: 



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: corruption

Keywords: kbenv kbprb kbpending kbdisplay KB275459

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