Disappearing Windows

[Pete]

I have written asking for help on this before and received some help but
cannot find my original message. So here goes again!

I'm running XP on a 1.8 GHz Laptop and I constantly lose the focus
(Disappearing Windows) of the window I want to use. So I click on an Icon,
the application starts and as
soon as I move the cursor away from the Icon the newly opened window loses
focus. If I click on the "minimised" application on the Toolbar, it usually
opens or regains focus until I move the cursor. Sometimes doing this merely
makes the window regain focus momentarily. The only way I can actually use
the window is if I use Alt+Tab to get to the application when it opens with
the cursor inside the window and If I move the cursor outside the window, or
sometimes just quickly move it towards the edge of the window, then it
closes.

I had not installed any new drivers and the "Focus" setting in Tweak UI is
correct. Since this problem started I have reinstalled my drivers and XP
(non destructive) but without luck.

Short of doing a clean reinstall is there anything I can do to resolve this.

Pete

 

[Bee]

.....I constantly lose the focus (Disappearing Windows) of the window
I want to use. So I click on an Icon, the application starts and as
soon as I move the cursor away from the Icon the newly opened
window loses focus. .... the "Focus" setting in Tweak UI is correct...

A thread of 5 posts entitled "Focus Behavior" started on 13th Sept, 2003
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