Something that I find very annoying is when other applications become the top
window eventhough another application has the active focus. For instance, I
have Outlook opened. I start another application that takes sometime to get
initialized. While this other application is initializing I go back to
Outlook to read emails. When the other application finishes initializes it
becomes the top window eventhough I have made Outlook my active window.
Windows should be smart enough to realize that I have made another
application my active window and shouldn't force the other application to
become the top window. Is there some setting in XP that will correct this?
Is this how it works in Vista?

Allen

Try using Tweak UI, it's one of the MS power toys.
It has a setting that you can tell it to prevent windows from stealing
focus. Works great, although there are some that it misses in a corporate
environment but overall works great to keep focus from being taken away from
the window you are using. I was surprised they didn't put that in Vista.


Doug



"noyes" wrote:

> Something that I find very annoying is when other applications become the top
> window eventhough another application has the active focus. For instance, I
> have Outlook opened. I start another application that takes sometime to get
> initialized. While this other application is initializing I go back to
> Outlook to read emails. When the other application finishes initializes it
> becomes the top window eventhough I have made Outlook my active window.
> Windows should be smart enough to realize that I have made another
> application my active window and shouldn't force the other application to
> become the top window. Is there some setting in XP that will correct this?
> Is this how it works in Vista?
>
> Allen

That works. Thanks for the reply.

"Tmade" wrote:

> Try using Tweak UI, it's one of the MS power toys.
> It has a setting that you can tell it to prevent windows from stealing
> focus. Works great, although there are some that it misses in a corporate
> environment but overall works great to keep focus from being taken away from
> the window you are using. I was surprised they didn't put that in Vista.
>
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> "noyes" wrote:
>
> > Something that I find very annoying is when other applications become the top
> > window eventhough another application has the active focus. For instance, I
> > have Outlook opened. I start another application that takes sometime to get
> > initialized. While this other application is initializing I go back to
> > Outlook to read emails. When the other application finishes initializes it
> > becomes the top window eventhough I have made Outlook my active window.
> > Windows should be smart enough to realize that I have made another
> > application my active window and shouldn't force the other application to
> > become the top window. Is there some setting in XP that will correct this?
> > Is this how it works in Vista?
> >
> > Allen