I have just installed the English IntelliType 5.3 and the problem persists:
the Play/Pause key does not work if Windows Media Player is minimized.
Interestingly, the Stop key DOES work, and the Next Track/Previous Track do
work too, so there is a problem only with the Play/Pause key.

More ideas?

Carlos Quintero

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I had the same problem Carlos. When I installed the 5.3 drivers it
worked.

Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] wrote:
> Hi Zach,
>
> The keyboard is Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard 1.0A and the driver version
> is
> IntelliType 5.2, which is the latest in Spanish (5.3 is not available yet,
> I
> have just checked it).
>
> Do you know certainly that this problem was addressed in version 5.3? If
> so,
> maybe I could install the English version, just for testing and then wait
> for the Spanish version...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Carlos Quintero
>
>
> "zachd [ms]" <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:ufvhW6p6FHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >
> > What *version* of the Intellitype drivers are you using? 5.3 is the
> > latest, and should be fine against your keyboard. (I was doing this
> > exact
> > scenario just now using my keyboard...)
> >
> > --
> > (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> > See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> > Now Playing: "Justice" by "The Sun" in WMP10.
> > --
> >
> > "Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in
> > message news:eXqfoyp6FHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> My scenario is the following:
> >>
> >> - Windows XP SP2 with Windows Media Player 10
> >> - Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard with Intellitype drivers
> >> - Not using Windows XP Themes.
> >> - WMP minimized as a regular application, not to its own toolbar.
> >>
> >> In this case, the pause/play buttons of the keyboard don´t work when
> >> WMP
> >> is minimized. They WORK when WMP is not minimized, even if it is not
> >> the
> >> active application (just in background).
> >>
> >> Searching Google I have found several posts with the same problem, but
> >> no
> >> solution. Also, I have already read the official FAQs of Windows Media
> >> Player and the ones of zachd [ms] but the issue does not appear.
> >>
> >> Needless to say that this problem is quite annoying since it forces me
> >> to
> >> restore/maximize WMP to pause it....
> >>
> >> Is there a solution for this problem?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Carlos Quintero
> >>
> >
> >