Disabling taskbar notification

[Michael E]

My taskbar is set to auto-hide. When I'm working on
something, I find it very annoying when the taskbar pops
up to notify me that a pop-up/pop-under ad is trying to
get my attention, or when some other program is trying to
tell me something. The taskbar won't go away until I click
the related taskbar button.

Of course, I know that I can stop notifications in some
programs through their preferences, but is there any way
to turn off this notification feature of the taskbar?

Thanks,
Michael

 

[John]

Try and uncheck always on top in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties

 

[Wesley VogelX]

Michael;
You might consider turning on your firewall to stop the pop-up/pop-under
ads.
Wes

 

[Wesley VogelX]

Michael;
You might consider getting TweakUI, it has a Prevent applications from
stealing focus option. General/Focus.
Look here:
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.asp
Then here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
TweakUI.exe is listed on the right.
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes