Re: USB killed by full screen mode?

In news:1133057670.239953.82880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
wynnemail@xxxxxxxxx <wynnemail@xxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I'm running Windows XP SP2 Windows Media Player. When ever I watch a
> video on it, two things happen. The player goes to full screen mode
> and my keyboard and mouse no longer works. The video plays fine. But I
> can't adjust sound, I can't escape...I can't do anything to turn off
> WMP or escape except to shut my computer off by hitting the power
> switch. Has anyone ever heard of this happening with USB keyboard and
> mouse? Also, does anyone know how to disable the full screen mode?

Well, in order to adjust it you'd want to be able to either use the keyboard
or the mouse I'm afraid. Normally you can ALT + ENTER to toggle full screen
or right click on it and try it. My suggestion is not really the greatest
but I'd check to see if there are updates available for your keyboard and
mouse drivers AND their "helper" software. For instance if you're using
Microsoft brands then you'd want the latest version of Intellipoint and
Intellitype software - you would want that downloaded, installed, and
allowed to run in the background as the running processes. That's where I'd
start at any rate... Another insane idea might be to try logging on to your
PC in safe mode (go ahead and use your account and not the default
administrator account) and then starting and playing (if it will) a video
file with WMP. When that happens in safe mode try to toggle out of the full
screen either with the mouse or the keyboard. It *should* then remember that
setting...

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existence." - Sherlock Holmes


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