Windows stealing focus from the active window

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Hi,

See if this applies/helps in your case:

Programs May Start, Quit, Lose, and Gain Focus Randomly
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

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

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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
>

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
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> 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
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>> Hi,
>>
>> See if this applies/helps in your case:
>>
>> Programs May Start, Quit, Lose, and Gain Focus Randomly
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=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
>> newsLdNHF9LFHA.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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>