WMP11 Full screen “locking” – is that a joke?
June 1, 2008 by Dave
A new (or the first I’ve seen it) feature in Windows Media Player 11 is the ability to “lock” the player in fullscreen mode. Sounds like a great idea, you want to allow the computer to be left unlocked so you can watch a movie–but also to keep it secure.
WMP allows you to enter a 4-digit PIN and disallow Full-Screen mode to be exited without unlocking with that PIN. This would be great.. if it worked. Just select Ctrl+Alt+Del -> Show Task Manager and the task manager window will appear. Select the window and WMP will forcefully exit full screen mode. How could this be overlooked?