Active Window

[Guest]

Is there any way of customzing the active windows setting?
When running multiple programs I find it highly annoying that the active
window can be changed automatically. For instance when running program A, you
switch to program B and give it something to do (e.g. to search for an item).
Whilst program B is running you swith back to A, thereby making it the active
window. Now when B is finished it will automatically become the active
window,interrupting you and demanding your attention. I'd like this to stop.
Is there a setting in which this won't happen?

 

[Galen]

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Is there any way of customzing the active windows setting?
When running multiple programs I find it highly annoying that the
active window can be changed automatically. For instance when running
program A, you switch to program B and give it something to do (e.g.
to search for an item). Whilst program B is running you swith back to
A, thereby making it the active window. Now when B is finished it
will automatically become the active window,interrupting you and
demanding your attention. I'd like this to stop. Is there a setting
in which this won't happen?

TweakUI... Or, take a gander at another MVP's site:

John Barnett's Windows XP Help and Support:
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_prevent_applications_fr.htm

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