Vista - Re: WMP 11 DVD identification

04-03-2009

It auto-full-screens - does it work if you go back to normal non-full-screen
mode?

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Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Alex" <st7alex@xxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:1D38FC0C-8C57-4D6E-A77F-5CD0E33A67E0@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I recently bought a new computer with Vista. Prior to this, with XP, when
>I
> inserted a home-made DVD, WMP11 always opened with the mostly blank
> sidebar
> on the right which had a line like "unknown DVD." Right-clicking on that
> brought up the "Metaservices" box which allowed me to type the movie's
> name
> and imprint an ID onto the DVD.
>
> Now, WMP 11 opens full-screen and I don't get to identify the movie by
> title. How do I get the sidebar back on when the the DVD first loads?
> --
> Thanks, Alex

04-04-2009

I started reading your link and found exactly what I was looking for near the
top where you wrote "A handful of fixes for it are available here." The
"here" link took me to Windows WMP Solution Center, which I suppose has the
answers. I say "I suppose" cause when I slipped in a DVD to try ALT+CTL+DEL
to get out of the full-screen mode, oddly enough, just pressing ESC got me
out.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I played and ripped from a
regular music CD before trying this. Odd things like that are not all that
unusual with all things Microsoft.

Thanks again!
--
Thanks, Alex

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

Quote:

>
> It auto-full-screens - does it work if you go back to normal non-full-screen
> mode?
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
> "Alex" <st7alex@xxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message
> news:1D38FC0C-8C57-4D6E-A77F-5CD0E33A67E0@xxxxxx

Quote:

> >I recently bought a new computer with Vista. Prior to this, with XP, when
> >I
> > inserted a home-made DVD, WMP11 always opened with the mostly blank
> > sidebar
> > on the right which had a line like "unknown DVD." Right-clicking on that
> > brought up the "Metaservices" box which allowed me to type the movie's
> > name
> > and imprint an ID onto the DVD.
> >
> > Now, WMP 11 opens full-screen and I don't get to identify the movie by
> > title. How do I get the sidebar back on when the the DVD first loads?
> > --
> > Thanks, Alex

>
>
>

04-03-2009	#1 (permalink)
zachd [MSFT] n/a posts	Re: WMP 11 DVD identification It auto-full-screens - does it work if you go back to normal non-full-screen mode? -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "Alex" <st7alex@xxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message news:1D38FC0C-8C57-4D6E-A77F-5CD0E33A67E0@xxxxxx Quote: >I recently bought a new computer with Vista. Prior to this, with XP, when >I > inserted a home-made DVD, WMP11 always opened with the mostly blank > sidebar > on the right which had a line like "unknown DVD." Right-clicking on that > brought up the "Metaservices" box which allowed me to type the movie's > name > and imprint an ID onto the DVD. > > Now, WMP 11 opens full-screen and I don't get to identify the movie by > title. How do I get the sidebar back on when the the DVD first loads? > -- > Thanks, Alex
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04-04-2009	#2 (permalink)
Alex n/a posts	Re: WMP 11 DVD identification I started reading your link and found exactly what I was looking for near the top where you wrote "A handful of fixes for it are available here." The "here" link took me to Windows WMP Solution Center, which I suppose has the answers. I say "I suppose" cause when I slipped in a DVD to try ALT+CTL+DEL to get out of the full-screen mode, oddly enough, just pressing ESC got me out. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I played and ripped from a regular music CD before trying this. Odd things like that are not all that unusual with all things Microsoft. Thanks again! -- Thanks, Alex "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: Quote: > > It auto-full-screens - does it work if you go back to normal non-full-screen > mode? > > -- > Speaking for myself only. > See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > -- > "Alex" <st7alex@xxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message > news:1D38FC0C-8C57-4D6E-A77F-5CD0E33A67E0@xxxxxx Quote: > >I recently bought a new computer with Vista. Prior to this, with XP, when > >I > > inserted a home-made DVD, WMP11 always opened with the mostly blank > > sidebar > > on the right which had a line like "unknown DVD." Right-clicking on that > > brought up the "Metaservices" box which allowed me to type the movie's > > name > > and imprint an ID onto the DVD. > > > > Now, WMP 11 opens full-screen and I don't get to identify the movie by > > title. How do I get the sidebar back on when the the DVD first loads? > > -- > > Thanks, Alex > > >
My System Specs

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