"Jo-Anne" <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> "Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Jo-Anne" <Jo-Anne@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:hv4eqo$hln$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> I've been watching videos and webcams on my three WinXP computers--two
>>> of them using IE7 and one using IE8. I'm having a problem with one of
>>> the IE7 computers.
>>>
>>> Until recently, I was able to toggle full-screen on and off. For the
>>> last several days, however, when I click on "Toggle fullscreen" on one
>>> of the computers, I get nothing but a blank white screen. The other two
>>> computers are working fine.
>>>
>>> Any idea of what could be wrong?
>>
>> If it's a Flash Video file that results in a blank white screen when you
>> toggle it to full screen, you may need to uncheck hardware acceleration
>> in the Flash Player .
>>
>> While viewing a Flash Video in it's normal window, right click on the
>> video and choose "Settings". Then remove the checkmark from "Use
>> Hardware Acceleration".
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Donald Anadell
>>
>>
>
> Thank you, Donald! I can't find a Hardware Acceleration setting,
> though--at least not by name. What I see is a slider bar for "Local
> storage: How much information can xxx store on your computer?" The slider
> appears to be at 100KB, although below that it says "Currently used:
> 11KB."
>
> There are five icons at the bottom of the settings screen, but there are
> no labels. The icon farthest left looks like a monitor with something in
> the center,
Click on that icon at the far left that looks like a monitor screen, the
hardware acceleration setting should be on that tab.
Good luck,
Donald Anadell
> the next a monitor with two somethings in the center, the next an open
> folder, the next a kite or perhaps a mouse, and the farthest right a
> crystal ball. (My descriptions are probably wrong, but they're the closest
> I can come to what appears.)
>
> Is one of these icons what I need to click on to stop hardware
> acceleration?
>
> For what it's worth, this problem may have started when I did a Flash
> Player update.
>
> Thank you again!
>
> Jo-Anne
>