Streamin wmv within director

We have a wmv file on a streaming server. In director a link
to this file is imported and placed on the stage. There is no code
in the director movie. This file is published to a shockwave file
on the following location:
http://www.pienterepeuter.nl/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PPP_CONTENT/Cast_Libraries/TST_WMV.htm
(please do report also correct behaviour!)
The problem:
in Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 this file won't play when the
mousecursor is on top of the white area during the movieload. When
the window is deactivated and activated using the right mouse
button in the taskbar, then the video will play.
This problem does
not occur in Firefox 1.5.0.4.
We used Director 10.1.1 to create the file.
Does anybody know what is going on?

It depends upon the codec you used when you made the wmv
file. If you
used one of the ones that comes with Windows XP and Vista,
then the user
does not need to do anything, and you do not need to do
anything special
to make sure it works. All PCs with XP and Vista will be able
to open
wmv files (though some codecs work by default and others do
not).

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