** stop stealing focus on internet explorer windows, I ´ve already tried Tweak UI

Humberto

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Aug 15, 2002, 11:03:21 PM8/15/02

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** stop stealing focus on internet explorer windows, I´ve
already tried Tweak UI (power toy) and it doesn´t works
good for IE.
Any Ideas??

Thanks

Michael S.

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Aug 16, 2002, 12:36:47 AM8/16/02

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You tell us. It's by design and a big fat pain in most people's behinds.

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Galley

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Aug 16, 2002, 12:41:38 AM8/16/02

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On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:03:21 -0700, "Humberto" <humber...@hotmail.com> spewed
forth these words of wisdom:

Opera? http://www.opera.com

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Michael S.

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Aug 16, 2002, 2:41:42 AM8/16/02

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Well, you're right about Opera and I use it myself on occasion. However,
there are some sites with which it just doesn't work well.

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rreiss

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Aug 16, 2002, 11:03:49 AM8/16/02

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What does Stop stealing focus mean in this case????

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John B

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Aug 16, 2002, 11:17:47 AM8/16/02

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Galley wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:03:21 -0700, "Humberto" <humber...@hotmail.com>
> spewed forth these words of wisdom:
>
>>** stop stealing focus on internet explorer windows, I´ve
>>already tried Tweak UI (power toy) and it doesn´t works
>>good for IE.
>>Any Ideas??
>>
>>Thanks
>
> Opera? http://www.opera.com

Or the latest Mozilla (not sure if it works as well as it does in Linux, but
it'd be worth a try).

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Michael S.

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Aug 16, 2002, 2:46:32 PM8/16/02

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In this case it means when the browser is sent to a site and the user is in
another application, once the browser reached the site it essentially comes
to the front, pulling you out of the other application and placing the
browser up front on the desktop. It can be most disconcerting.

In a broader sense, it's any application that might do this when you open it
and while you are in another application.

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Donny Broome

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Aug 16, 2002, 2:55:41 PM8/16/02

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No known fix, eh?

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Michael S.

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Aug 16, 2002, 7:53:32 PM8/16/02

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There might be a reg hack but I'm not aware of a workaround and as I said,
uh, this is a feature!<LOL>

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Kelly

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Aug 17, 2002, 1:17:50 AM8/17/02

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Hi Humberto,

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

Modify the existing value named 'ForegroundLockTimeout', change the value to
either the timeout required, or to '0' which causes the application to take
the focus instantly. The default value is '200000' (0x00030d40 hex).

This settings affects the number of times the icon flashes if above value
was not set to zero.

The value is called 'ForegroundFlashCount' set the value (in decimal) to the
number times to flash the taskbar icon, setting the value to '0' causes the
icon to flash infinitely. The default value is '3'.

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Michael S.

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Aug 17, 2002, 11:24:22 PM8/17/02

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Kelly, better known as "Miss Reg Hack!":-)

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Kelly

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Aug 18, 2002, 3:22:25 AM8/18/02

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<LOL> Is that true, Michael??? <bs>!

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