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Windows Media 11 - XP Edition - Dual Monitor Problems

I just upgraded to Windows Media Player 11 on an XP Pro system with 2 monitors, and a Radeon X1300.
After doing so, I lost my ability to see video play in the second monitor, even though my settings are set to have the Windows Desktop extend into the second monitor. I have another program that utilizes the second monitor, but I cannot get WMP 11 to do so.

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stewart_A

I currently have this same problem in Vista, the media player just shows a black screen even though i can hear it playing in the background. It only seems to play at the moment on the primary display device and i havent found a solution as yet.

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Merete

Drdpaul are you attempting to drag a screen over to the secondary monitor?
I know there is several ways to have the display on the secondary screen,
I dont use the drag method but rather in my N vidia settings I enable full screen on the secondary monitor,
Then when I play a video in WMP or any media player or even a web movie such as youtube they auto play in full screen on the secondary monitor which is a 68 CM TVin my case.
The secondary display must be what is called default monitor on your video card, your main monitor should be called LG or the name of your monitor on your video card.
As we all have different cards these are all pretty similar anyway, I dont think WMP is the problem.
http://freepctech.com/pc/001/guide_dual_monitors.shtml
Dual view on a LAptop
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/mobilenvidia/dualview.htm
And here is how to enable Clone mode:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/pages/clonemode.htm