IWindow changes after site loaded in background!

[Guest]

Hi there!
I have the following Problem: Whenever I am loading a site in the background
while doing something else e.g. typing in a Messenger Window, the site i was
loading is automatically activated and appears in the front!
That is very annoying when for example typing something, and when you look
at the screen you notice some internet site had been activated while you were
typing and you gotta start typing all over again!

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
One workaround is to minimize the window you don't want to see. Or PowerMenu
(freeware) from
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/ adds an "always on
top" right-click option, but you'll have to enable/disable the option on a
per window basis.

There are other similar freeware programs available, such as:
TrayDevil http://www.jenneboer.nl/traydevil/
WinRoll http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
WinOnTop (part of ToolPackage) http://www.freewarehits.de/

Hope this helps,
Don

 

[Guest]

Well that would surely halp, but i am wondering why this problem has not
appeared to me before. Also I heard from many other users that they have been
getting the same problem for a few days, too!

 

[Don Varnau]

I've never found this "tweak" to be very reliable with Internet Explorer
windows, but TweakUI has a "Prevent applications from stealing focus"
setting. You might give it a try.
Power Toys for XP SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
TweakUI for 95,98,ME,2K
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/powertoys/networking/nttweakui.asp

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]