WMP11 Full screen “locking” – is that a joke?

June 1st, 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?

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