You are referring to a feature known as 'activation follows mouse' or
simply X-mouse: just rest your mouse cursor on a window to give that
window focus.
There are probably many ways to invoke x-mouse. The one I know is to
install TweakUI, which has a check-off selection for that feature. Or
search the web with this search term:
windows xp x-mouse
for other ideas.
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Leonard Grey
Errare Humanum Est
tgrwbr wrote:
> Unless I am totally oblivious to this ever working as I presume, I think I am
> missing the ability to navigate in new window dialogs without clicking within
> the window first. I am unable to remember what changed since this has
> started to occur. Most any new windows that are opened (Microsoft Office
> products, Windows Explorer) require me to click on any part of this new
> window to allow input from my keyboard or mouse scroll. For example, I open
> a new Word document, and I am unable to type on the page without clicking on
> the document first. Or, another example, I will open up My Documents, and I
> am unable to mouse scroll or type letters (for letter named searching) within
> the window until I click on the window first. The windows always open with a
> solid-color title bar, and goes gray when the window is clicked for
> navigation/usage.
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