Netflix crashes at the end of a show

[train_depot]

If we let a TV show run right to the end then Netflix seems to crach MC with a black screen. Nothing will get MC to respond, the only way to get it back seems to be to kill it in Task Manager and restart it.

[SilverRubicon]

If we let a TV show run right to the end then Netflix seems to crach MC with a black screen. Nothing will get MC to respond, the only way to get it back seems to be to kill it in Task Manager and restart it.

This was a hot topic of discussion a while back. Do you have the latest and greatest Silverlight installed? If you do not, I'd suggest visiting the Silverlight 5 website and downloading it. Not that it will solve your issues, but it's step 1. I'm not sure anyone has found a solution that's universally accepted. I personally don't have this issue.

[train_depot]

Do you have the latest and greatest Silverlight installed?

I assume so because this is a brand new upgrade to Windows 8 and MC, on starting the Netflix plugin, it had to first go and install Silverlight (seriously Microsoft? It can't come included with Windows 8?!)

[gcoupe]

By all accounts, Microsoft is soft-pedaling on Silverlight, and pushing for HTML5.

[foxwood]

By all accounts, Microsoft is soft-pedaling on Silverlight, and pushing for HTML5.

Which is relevant if you're thinking of developing something new and utterly irrelevant if you're using an already developed Silver light client application, like Netflix.

[gcoupe]

By all accounts, Microsoft is soft-pedaling on Silverlight, and pushing for HTML5.

Which is relevant if you're thinking of developing something new and utterly irrelevant if you're using an already developed Silver light client application, like Netflix.

I was reflecting on the comment that Windows 8 doesn't come with Silverlight pre-installed.

[foxwood]

Good point!

[barnabas1969]

If we let a TV show run right to the end then Netflix seems to crach MC with a black screen. Nothing will get MC to respond, the only way to get it back seems to be to kill it in Task Manager and restart it.

This was a hot topic of discussion a while back. Do you have the latest and greatest Silverlight installed? If you do not, I'd suggest visiting the Silverlight 5 website and downloading it. Not that it will solve your issues, but it's step 1. I'm not sure anyone has found a solution that's universally accepted. I personally don't have this issue.

The problem was solved by un-installing a Microsoft hotfix in Windows 7. I'd guess that this hotfix is built-in with Windows 8, so you're probably SOL.