I have used following object tag for embed windows media player on web page to play video.
<object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="http://www.educationalquestions.com/video/ELL_PART_5_768k.wmv" width="320" height="255">
<param name="src" value="http://www.educationalquestions.com/video/ELL_PART_5_768k.wmv">
<param name="autoStart" value="0">
</object>
at first time the player is not visible. after navigate the window the player is getting activate. Check for Demo and the Demo code.
Please suggest to activate the player at execution time.