Hovering pointer automatically selects window

[Guest]

When I move my mouse and the pointer hovers over a window, that window jumps
to the front of all other windows. I typically have multiple windows open and
this drives me crazy! Is there a way to turn this function off?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

When I move my mouse and the pointer hovers over a window, that window
jumps
to the front of all other windows. I typically have multiple windows open
and
this drives me crazy! Is there a way to turn this function off?

Control Panel | Printers and Other Hardware | Mouse
From here you'll have to look around because it depends on the mouse, but
uncheck the option for Xmouse.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

If you're using TweakUI, uncheck the "Activation follows Mouse (X-Mouse)"
option.
See: http://www.winxptutor.com/xmouse.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


When I move my mouse and the pointer hovers over a window, that window jumps
to the front of all other windows. I typically have multiple windows open
and
this drives me crazy! Is there a way to turn this function off?