Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
HeavyDuty wrote:
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
the one on the right is a flash player and it doesn't run until you
click on it. The other one, on the left, is a wmp player and its
that one that starts right away.
What happens in a test profile?
Thanks Peter,
What happens, happens pretty fast. I do appreciate your help. If you
have figured this out, and so I can deal with this in the future, were
you saying in your previous post to hit F11 as soon as I see the
opening web page to stop the WMP version from starting? That might be
helpful if I ever visit this site again (not likely) but not if I
stubble on another web site that does the same thing without my
anticipation or and without warning.
Beyond this specific example, once a video starts, as this one does,
how to stop it without shutting down? Losing control over the computer
is my principal concern.
No. I have not created a test profile yet. I am hoping someone knows
how to defeat an "attacking" video.
Thanks for your help.
I didn't say that at all about F11. You said you get a "full screen
video captured my computer" so I interpreted that as saying you get the
video in Full Screen mode. Hitting F11 is a toggle between full screen
and normal screen mode. From the browser, hit F11 and see what happens.
Now reading what you're saying, this is not your problem. So, you have
to tell me what you mean by "an 'attacking' video? Yes, on that site
[and on others], the video plays automatically. Thats the way the site
was designed and the way wmp works. Unfortunately, as far as I know,
there is no way to turn off the automatic start of a wmp video without
hitting the stop button on the video controls.
So, maybe you need to give a little more info about what exactly is your
problem.
F11 toggles nothing. The video plays full screen.
There are no video controls displayed to hit the stop
button. If there is a stop button on this (or any other) web
site and the video autoplays instantaneously, I doubt that I
would know in time to stop it. In this case, WMP does not
start in a visible way. The monitor screen just drops to
black and a few seconds later the video starts.
The questions remains, how to a) stop an instantaneous
video from running without my explicit action to start it,
or how to stop such a video during play. All I want is to be
able to regain control of the computer and not have to wait
until a video ends or until I shut down the computer.
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