Windows stealing focus from the active window

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

I was wondering if anybody has seen this particular problem. Using TweakUI I
can 'Prevent Applications from stealing focus'. However when I restart my
machine this has been disabled. I have manually changed the entry in the
registry to no avail. Also, using the .vbs script on
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com does not help. It still resets after I
restart the machine. I am running XP with SP2 with not too many programs
installed. I run the Novell Client for my work, not sure if that might be
affecting it.

Thanks

 

[kelly]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

Hi,

See if this applies/helps in your case:

Programs May Start, Quit, Lose, and Gain Focus Randomly
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313176&Product=winxp

If not, let me know how the value data reads under:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ForegroundLockTimeout

--
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com


"John Q Publik" <com-jherzog@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I was wondering if anybody has seen this particular problem. Using TweakUI
>I can 'Prevent Applications from stealing focus'. However when I restart my
>machine this has been disabled. I have manually changed the entry in the
>registry to no avail. Also, using the .vbs script on
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com does not help. It still resets after I
>restart the machine. I am running XP with SP2 with not too many programs
>installed. I run the Novell Client for my work, not sure if that might be
>affecting it.
>
> Thanks
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

THANK YOU!

Just wanted to let you know it was the speech recognition settings. I
corrected them and now my focus settings are not changed when I reboot.

Thanks again
John


"Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eWeRNiDMFHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> See if this applies/helps in your case:
>
> Programs May Start, Quit, Lose, and Gain Focus Randomly
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313176&Product=winxp
>
> If not, let me know how the value data reads under:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ForegroundLockTimeout
>
> --
> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> All the Best,
> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>
> "John Q Publik" <com-jherzog@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:OLdNHF9LFHA.2252@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I was wondering if anybody has seen this particular problem. Using TweakUI
>>I can 'Prevent Applications from stealing focus'. However when I restart
>>my machine this has been disabled. I have manually changed the entry in
>>the registry to no avail. Also, using the .vbs script on
>>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com does not help. It still resets after I
>>restart the machine. I am running XP with SP2 with not too many programs
>>installed. I run the Novell Client for my work, not sure if that might be
>>affecting it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>

 

[kelly]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

Most welcome and how interesting! Thanks for the feedback.

--
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com


"John Q Publik" <com-jherzog@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23yc3MC6MFHA.3844@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> THANK YOU!
>
> Just wanted to let you know it was the speech recognition settings. I
> corrected them and now my focus settings are not changed when I reboot.
>
> Thanks again
> John
>
>
> "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eWeRNiDMFHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> See if this applies/helps in your case:
>>
>> Programs May Start, Quit, Lose, and Gain Focus Randomly
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313176&Product=winxp
>>
>> If not, let me know how the value data reads under:
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ForegroundLockTimeout
>>
>> --
>> In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> All the Best,
>> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>>
>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>>
>>
>> "John Q Publik" <com-jherzog@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:OLdNHF9LFHA.2252@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>I was wondering if anybody has seen this particular problem. Using
>>>TweakUI I can 'Prevent Applications from stealing focus'. However when I
>>>restart my machine this has been disabled. I have manually changed the
>>>entry in the registry to no avail. Also, using the .vbs script on
>>>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com does not help. It still resets after I
>>>restart the machine. I am running XP with SP2 with not too many programs
>>>installed. I run the Novell Client for my work, not sure if that might be
>>>affecting it.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
>
>