Windows stealing focus from the active window

[John Q Publik]

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

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

See if this applies/helps in your case:

Programs May Start, Quit, Lose, and Gain Focus Randomly
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313176&Product=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,
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Troubleshooting Windows XP
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[John Q Publik]

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]

Most welcome and how interesting! Thanks for the feedback.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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