Article ID: 2298118 - Last Review: July 28, 2010 - Revision: 1.0

Windows Media Player may stop playing in Windows 7 XP Mode.

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SYMPTOMS

When you maximize or minimize the Windows Media Player window while playing contents on Windows 7 running Windows XP Mode, you may receive an "unexpected network error occurred" error message, which causes Windows Media Player to stop playing.
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CAUSE

This behavior is by design.
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RESOLUTION

There is no workaround for it.
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APPLIES TO
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
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Keywords: 
KB2298118
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