"foregroundlocktimeout" value changing spontaneously

[Sümer Yamaner]

On my XP Pro, the value of the registry entry "foregroundlocktimeout" is
changing spontaneously. I usually reset it to 0 but after a while I found it
changed. Any ideas? Thanks.

Sumer Yamaner

 

[Guest]

Why are you concerned about this ?? Is your PC acting erratically ??

Are you looking at the correct registry entry ?? ForegroundLockTimeout is
in numerous places in the registry...

MD

 

[Sümer Yamaner]

Yes you are right. This entry is not at a single point and it is present for
every user of the computer. That means it resides at HKCU subgroup. But...
I want to know who is changing the value and I want to prevent it! Because
this is not a normal behaviour. The PC acting erratically is a subjective
definition. For me, yes it is behaving erratically. Because I want every new
window to open on the foreground and this is the usual way of XP.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

If a user logs on and changes
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
ForegroundLockTimeout

This will affect
HKEY_USERS\SID# for that user\Control Panel\Desktop
not any other user's settings.

Unless every user is logging on under the same account.
Unless someone with Admistrator rights is changing your Value Data.

The HKEY_CURRENT_USER subtree contains the user profile for the user who is
currently logged on to the computer.

Any changes made in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive will also be made in the
corresponding keys in HKEY_USERS\Security ID (SID) of current user subkey.
And vice versa.

This is all academic anyway because ForegroundLockTimeout doesn't work worth
a hoot anyhow.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Sümer Yamaner]

Now I have reset all the values to 0 and I am observing the results...