Power management may not work correctly on a Windows Vista-based portable computer that has a Windows SideShow-compatible USB device attached. Because of this problem, the CPU may not correctly enter a reduced power-consumption state. In a reduced power-consumption state, the processor is supposed to conserve battery power. The processor does this by using reduced voltage or reduced frequency states. When this problem occurs, the battery may drain more quickly than you expect.

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Consider the following scenario:

• Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 is playing music on a Windows Vista-based computer.
• The computer is connected to a Windows SideShow-compatible device.
• The computer is running the Windows Media Player gadget for Windows SideShow.

In this scenario, music continues to play after you exit Windows Media Player 11.

A vendor shows a computer bag with a SideShow screen on the outside so you can see your e-mail or song list or ? without opening the bag.

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You may experience any of the following problems when you use a Windows SideShow-compatible device in Windows Vista:

• When you start the computer, or when you reset the Windows SideShow-compatible device, Gadgets that have previously been enabled are not loaded on the Windows SideShow-compatible device.
• When you open the Windows SideShow item in Control Panel, you may see the following message shown for each gadget in the column that corresponds to your device:
  

  Not Compatible

• The Language and Theme boxes in the Change Device Settings window are blank.
• When you try to synchronize music or photos to your SideShow-compatible device by using Windows Media Player 11, the SideShow gadgets may fail and no longer work.
• When you try to turn the SideShow gadgets on or off, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:
  

  One or more gadgets could not be turned on or off

Consider the following scenario. On a Windows Vista-based computer that includes a Windows SideShow-compatible device, you change the device settings in Control Panel. For example, you open the Windows SideShow item in Control Panel, and then you open the Change Device Settings window. Then, you perform one of the following actions:

• You restart the Windows SideShow-compatible device, and then you immediately open the Change Device Settings window.
• You restart the computer, and then you immediately open the Change Device Settings window.
• You make a change to the language settings in the Change Device Settings window. You close the Change Device Settings window, and then you immediately reopen this window.

Note: The device automatically restarts after a change is made to the language settings in the Change Device Settings window.

In this scenario, the settings in the Change Device Settings window appear to be incorrect. The device settings appear to have reverted to the original settings.

When a User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) driver that uses the Windows SideShow class extension processes a command asynchronously, the class extension may return a false error without fully processing the command. This problem may occur if the incoming input/output control (IOCTL) is not passed to the class extension component immediately or when the IOCTL is from a sequential queue.