Please, I still need help on this

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I am also posting to other XP groups in the hope that someone can help me...

I've been running XP Pro for over six months, but only recently have I
noticed that if I have a number of overlapping windows, clicking on the
title bar of a lower window will not raise the window. The title bar color
WILL change on the lower window, but it will not raise until I go BACK to
the upper-most window, click that one, and then go to the desired window and
click on it again. It will then raise to the top. It didn't used to do this.
I have all the Critical Updates, Automatic Install has been disabled from
Day 1. I'm behind a router and firewall, and IE6 Security settings have been
tweaked to a more stringent state. I've run AdAware and the like and have
found nothing.

This seems to be a setting problem, but neither Desktop nor Power Toys XP
seems to have the same number of Window control options as in Win98SE. Any
thoughts on how to fix this?
 
I've been running XP Pro for over six months, but only recently have I
noticed that if I have a number of overlapping windows, clicking on the
title bar of a lower window will not raise the window. The title bar color
WILL change on the lower window, but it will not raise until I go BACK to
the upper-most window, click that one, and then go to the desired window and
click on it again. It will then raise to the top.
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Are you using any third party desktop programs? I can think of a few
(Windowblinds, for example) that can add an "always on top" option. There's
usually a little extra button in the title bar or status bar of the open
window (not one of the default Windows buttons) that allows you to toggle
the feature on or off.
 
Sharon F said:
Are you using any third party desktop programs? I can think of a few
(Windowblinds, for example) that can add an "always on top" option. There's
usually a little extra button in the title bar or status bar of the open
window (not one of the default Windows buttons) that allows you to toggle
the feature on or off.
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No. I'm afraid not. Is there a Registry entry for this?
 
Not yet. Part of my concern is that I can't recall quite when it started
happening. I'm hoping there is some sort of Registry entry I can check.
 
One good thing about System Restore is that you can
re-restore - put things back to where they were if it didn't
help. You will see a screen message to that effect during
the restore completion.
So, you could try a very old restore point and if it
doesn't help, you can revert back to where you were. If it
does work, then you could keep restoring and reverting until
you find the point where it no longer fixes it, and check to
see if you can live with that status. If nothing else, it
might give you a date range to evaluate what you may have
installed or changed to figure something out.
I -THINK-, if you don't revert during the same session,
you will LOSE the ability to revert, so read up a bit first,
then try it; it worked for me, but I don't recall the exact
procedure I used. Hmm, maybe I should be checking that out,
eh? <g>

Pop
 
Thanks Pop. I didn't have a good understanding of this feature of Restore. I
think you're right; I'll need to read up on it a bit.
 
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