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re: Opening window takes over screen
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 9:27 am
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Posted by AndyP (506 messages posted)


apparently your opened programs are attempting to steal focus when there is some activity in them.

if so, a simple registry tweak can fix that.

open up either the command prompt or start-run box, then copy over the following one-line command:

reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v ForegroundLockTimeout /d REG_DWORD /d 200000 /f

press the Return/Enter key to execute.

restart or logoff to effect the change.




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Opening window takes over screen (COREY PITTELKOW: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 8:45 am)

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-Opening window takes over screen (COREY PITTELKOW: Wed, Jul 21, 2010, 8:45 am)
*re: Opening window takes over screen (AndyP: Wed, Jul 21, 2010, 9:27 am)
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