Program Stealing Focus

[Ian Young]

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me with this problem.

When playing games the game is often minimised to desktop. This happens
approximately every 15 minutes and is getting annoying. I can get back into
some games by just maximising the window again, but some games crash when
doing so, which means I can only play them for 15 minutes at a time.

I have noticed that every 15 minutes a program appears to run briefly (<1
second). A tab appears in the bar at the bottom of the desktop with a small
white box in it, but no program name. I have tried clicking on it when it
appears but nothing happens.

I need to try and find out what program is doing this and try to prevent it.

I have opened TweakUI and clicked on the 'Prevent applications from stealing
focus' box, but it still happens!

Any help would be much appreciated

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827315

You'll find help from these:
AdawareII www.lavasoft.de
Spybot www.safer-networking.org

From MVP Richard Harper on cleaning up malware infested systems:
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm

This one can help you avoid these programs from being installed in the first
place:
Spyware Blaster: www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org