The Help Topic for the "Don't Display Online Media Content in the Media Bar" Option May Be Missing (298752)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 2000

This article was previously published under Q298752

SYMPTOMS

Your computer may experience any of the following symptoms:

The Help topic that is associated with the Don't display online media content in the media bar option in the Multimedia section of the Advanced tab in the Internet Options tool is missing.
If you click to select (or click to clear) the Don't display online media content in the media bar check box, this option does not take effect until you restart Internet Explorer.
The Don't display online media content in the media bar option is available in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, but the Media bar is not available in Windows NT 4.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

If you click to select the Don't display online media content in the media bar check box, the online Media bar content from the following Microsoft Web site is not displayed in the Media bar:

http://windowsmedia.com/mediabar/default1.asp

Instead, Internet Explorer displays the offline Media bar content from the Browselc.dll file (res://Browselc.dll/Mboffline.htm).

To prevent Internet Explorer from playing Web media in the Media bar:

Open Internet Explorer, and then click Media on the toolbar.
At the bottom of the Media bar, click Media Options, click Settings, and then click to clear the Play Web media in the bar check box.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	1/16/2006
Keywords:	kbenv kbprb KB298752