IE6 loses focus

[Guest]

what might cause a browser window to lose focus?

I would open a new window, start typing an address and the window would
suddenly lose focus. Whatever I type after that does not show up anywhere,
i.e. I'm not sure where the focus is set on.

This is happening regularly with the first opened window. Subsequent windows
stay in focus.

Do you think IE6 re-install would help?

 

[Guest]

I have a similar problem that is really starting to become a nuisance.
Whenever I open a new browser window by clicking the shortcut in the quick
launch bar, I type in a web address and hit ENTER then the window always goes
to the bottom of all the other windows I have open (IE , Outlook, etc). It
goes to the very bottom so I cannot even alt-tab back easily.

This happens almost every time and on all 3 of my computers. I am running
WinXP SP2. I have all the critical updates and I keep waiting for Microsoft
to fix this bug.

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,

See:
886217- New program window appears behind all other open windows on Windows
2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217

Note (in the article) that TweakUI can make the registry edit, if you don't
wish to do it manually.

The UNDO file at http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (line #66
right-side) makes the same registry edit.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Don,

Many thanks for replying..

I went to that place in the registry as suggested in the article but the
value is already 0.. Must be something else...

Hi,

See:
886217- New program window appears behind all other open windows on Windows
2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=886217

Note (in the article) that TweakUI can make the registry edit, if you don't
wish to do it manually.

The UNDO file at http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (line #66
right-side) makes the same registry edit.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I have a similar problem that is really starting to become a nuisance.
Whenever I open a new browser window by clicking the shortcut in the quick
launch bar, I type in a web address and hit ENTER then the window always goes
to the bottom of all the other windows I have open (IE , Outlook, etc). It
goes to the very bottom so I cannot even alt-tab back easily.

This happens almost every time and on all 3 of my computers. I am running
WinXP SP2. I have all the critical updates and I keep waiting for Microsoft
to fix this bug.