Auto-switching windows while typing

[Guest]

It REALLY SUCKS that windows will auto switch over to a popup from another
application while you're in the middle of something, and prompt you with a
popup box, which you prompty accidentally click on not knowing what the heck
happened!

I'll be typing up an email, and all of a sudden a popup box from Visual
Studio or something will take focus on my machine, I'll hit space bar because
I'm typing, or Y or N or something and all of a sudden the box goes away.

Argh!!

It's especially annoying for the new automatic updates popup that comes up
every 30 seconds!

 

[Steve N.]

It REALLY SUCKS that windows will auto switch over to a popup from another
application while you're in the middle of something, and prompt you with a
popup box, which you prompty accidentally click on not knowing what the heck
happened!

I'll be typing up an email, and all of a sudden a popup box from Visual
Studio or something will take focus on my machine, I'll hit space bar because
I'm typing, or Y or N or something and all of a sudden the box goes away.

Argh!!

It's especially annoying for the new automatic updates popup that comes up
every 30 seconds!

Read here:

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_prevent_applications_fr.htm

Steve N.

 

[Mike Williams]

Read here:

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_prevent_applications_fr.htm

Steve N.

It's a pity it doesn't work for reboot reminders from Windows Update.

 

[Guest]

Read here:

http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_prevent_applications_fr.htm

Steve N.

Already had the option checked in Tweak, and just for good measure I checked
my registry settings against that article.
Some apps still steal focus and popup message boxes.

Haven't found a specific situation in which it happens reliably, but it DOES
happen.
If you couldn't tell, I was a little po'd in my first post after it had just
happened.