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Dangerous Creatures: Pop-ups Stop and Reset Movies

Article ID: 141321

Article Last Modified on 11/8/2001

Microsoft Dangerous Creatures 1.0 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q141321

SYMPTOMS

If you open a pop-up window when Dangerous Creatures is playing a movie clip, the movie may stop and reset.

CAUSE

Some pop-up windows contain sound. When the pop-up window opens, the sound associated with the window is played automatically. The computer is not capable of playing both the movie and the sound at the same time, so it stops and resets the movie to play the sound.

RESOLUTION

To avoid this problem, do one of the following:

On the button bar located on the bottom of the screen, click Options.
On the Options window, click Sounds.
In the Sounds window, remove the check mark from Narration.

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Avoid opening a pop-up window until the movie has finished playing.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Dangerous Creatures version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

When you remove the check mark from the Narration option, sound will not play if a pop-up window is activated, but the movie will continue playing.

Even if the Narration feature has been turned off, you can play the Narration in the pop-up window at any time by clicking the speaker icon.

Additional query words: 1.0 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm mac pop up

Keywords: KB141321