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Singapore Computer Service

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Oct 1, 2006, 8:03:07 AM10/1/06
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Hello,

I have many programs running and sometimes when I am typing something and
going to hit Enter, the program suddenly steals focus and comes to the
front.

Before I realise it, I had already hit Enter and accepted the default option
of whatever window that came out. It also happens in various IE windows.

I have set it in Tweak UI to blink continuously when an application requires
focus, but programs like Norton and IE tend to bypass it. It is also
annoying when gaming.

I just want the program to blink continuously in the taskbar. My question
is - is there any hack I can do to achieve that?

Thank you for any help that can be given.
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Homer J. Simpson

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Oct 3, 2006, 10:09:26 AM10/3/06
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> I have many programs running and sometimes when I am typing something and
> going to hit Enter, the program suddenly steals focus and comes to the
> front.
>
> Before I realise it, I had already hit Enter and accepted the default
> option of whatever window that came out. It also happens in various IE
> windows.

My favorite is when some installer has just completed its task and steals
focus to ask me to reboot as I'm typing something in another window...

Alas, I have no solution.


Unknown

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Oct 3, 2006, 10:30:09 AM10/3/06
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"Homer J. Simpson" <ro...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:uPKqIWv5...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...


Ach! I hate that. Or when some stupid window pops up while I'm typing and I press the space bar to insert a space between words
but end up dismissing whatever it was.


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Donald A. Herman

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Oct 6, 2006, 5:10:57 AM10/6/06
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In general you can download TweakUI for xp it has an option for that. That
works pretty well, I never dug into it to see what the registry setting is.

But some people code their applications to specifically do that, which is
bull.

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