FIX: The screen may briefly appear black when you try to access the menu in Window Media Player

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SYMPTOMS

While you are viewing video media by using Microsoft Windows Media Player, the screen may briefly appear black when you try to access the menu.

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A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 5.0 Core OS QFE 904242. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

837392 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837392/ ) How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products

Prerequisites

This software update is supported only if all previously issued software updates for this product have also been applied.

Restart requirement

After you apply this software update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform. To clean the platform, click Clean on the Build menu. To build the platform, click Build Platform on the Build menu. You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this software update.

Software update replacement information

This software update does not replace any other software update.

File information

The English version of this software update package has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.

   Date         Time   Size       File name
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Path: Signed
   24-Aug-2005  23:26  1,949,696  Wincepb50-050824-kb904242-armv4i.msi
   24-Aug-2005  23:26  1,970,688  Wincepb50-050824-kb904242-mipsii.msi
   24-Aug-2005  23:26  1,971,712  Wincepb50-050824-kb904242-mipsii_fp.msi
   24-Aug-2005  23:26  1,973,760  Wincepb50-050824-kb904242-mipsiv.msi
   24-Aug-2005  23:26  1,972,224  Wincepb50-050824-kb904242-mipsiv_fp.msi
   24-Aug-2005  23:26  1,927,168  Wincepb50-050824-kb904242-sh4.msi
   24-Aug-2005  23:26  1,805,824  Wincepb50-050824-kb904242-x86.msi

The English version of this software update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time                     Size     File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Debug
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    791,036  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    791,620  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Retail
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    655,156  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:41                    655,078  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    809,448  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    810,128  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    656,498  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    656,400  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    808,978  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    809,654  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    656,830  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    657,130  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug
   16-Aug-2005  18:43                    816,356  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:43                    817,038  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    659,386  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:42                    659,708  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug
   16-Aug-2005  18:43                    814,534  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:43                    815,210  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail
   16-Aug-2005  18:43                    657,250  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:43                    657,564  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Debug
   16-Aug-2005  18:41                    736,206  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:41                    736,782  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Retail
   16-Aug-2005  18:41                    607,540  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:41                    607,536  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\X86\Debug
   16-Aug-2005  18:41                    645,400  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:41                    646,060  Fgctlhl.lib

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\X86\Retail
   16-Aug-2005  18:41                    574,288  Fgctl.lib
   16-Aug-2005  18:40                    574,430  Fgctlhl.lib

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