IE6 focus

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Glen

IE6 is hogging the focus! It will
display a web page and I can't get any other apps that
are currently running to
come to the front. Any ideas?
Thanks.
 
Glen said:
IE6 is hogging the focus! It will
display a web page and I can't get any other apps that
are currently running to
come to the front. Any ideas?
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That's my bitch too! The only workaround I've found is to right-click
on the task bar and minimize all windows, then click on the app you want to see.
The whole thing is yet another steaming pile from Redmond!

Hermango
 
Glen said:
IE6 is hogging the focus! It will
display a web page and I can't get any other apps that
are currently running to
come to the front. Any ideas?
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Try to figure out the mechanism.
E.g. set Active Scripting to Prompt and see if the symptom
changes if you selectively disable scripting.
Another Security option which can affect focus is META REFRESH
so try disabling it too. Unfortunately there is no Prompt option with it.

Other tests would be to assume you have some bad BHO or spyware
operating. It could be running independently of the other two mechanisms.
You can test for that by unchecking (Options, Advanced tab)
Enable third-party browser extensions...

<title>298931 - How to Disable Third-Party Tool Bands and Browser Helper Objects</title>

Note that this is a diagnostic not a fix. If it changes your symptom
you should refine your diagnosis in this direction by re-enabling
the option and selectively disabling BHO programs or removing
spyware using tools such as BHODemon, Ad-Aware, and
SpybotSD.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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Try to figure out the mechanism.
E.g. set Active Scripting to Prompt and see if the symptom
changes if you selectively disable scripting.
Another Security option which can affect focus is META REFRESH
so try disabling it too. Unfortunately there is no Prompt option with it.

Other tests would be to assume you have some bad BHO or spyware
operating. It could be running independently of the other two mechanisms.
You can test for that by unchecking (Options, Advanced tab)
Enable third-party browser extensions...

<title>298931 - How to Disable Third-Party Tool Bands
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and Browser Helper Objects said:
Note that this is a diagnostic not a fix. If it changes your symptom
you should refine your diagnosis in this direction by re- enabling
the option and selectively disabling BHO programs or removing
spyware using tools such as BHODemon, Ad-Aware, and
SpybotSD.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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Thanks for the reply. I have tried all your
suggestions and so far nothing has changed. I guess I'll
just keep looking.
Glen.
 
Glen said:
Thanks for the reply. I have tried all your
suggestions and so far nothing has changed. I guess I'll
just keep looking.
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I have too, with the same results. I'm looking at doing a fix to the
problem by trying the Opera browser. I haven't done any of this in the past,
but this is finally about to piss me off permanently.

Hermango
 
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