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If I am typing a document or doing something with another piece of software (other than my email), and my email client (which is set to check for mail every 15 minutes) downloads some email, the email client takes the focus away from what I was doing. Why is this so and how can I change it? My...

I'm trying to learn keyboard shortcuts. Sometimes I can't see where the focus is. Is there a shortcut to point it out. I haven't been able to find one. :confused:

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A support document for the Samsung Focus reveals that Microsoft will "lock" flash cards to the phone, preventing them from being used in other devices. More...

Today's the day if you want a Windows 7 Phone here in the US. ATT has 3 models, two of which are in stores today: the Samsung Focus and the HTC Surround. T-Mobile has the HTC HD7.The Samsung Focus ... More...

I am trying to figure out how to make flash players stay in full screen mode when they loose focus (I click somewhere else). I am using dual monitors, google chrome (though I don't mind switching if necessary), and am watching videos on youtube or something while trying to work on my other...

well, things are really getting out of hand with Win7..... My latest problem (which is rare, but ANNOYING because only fix is rebooting) is sometimes ill lose the ability to right click on any program in the taskbar. It just doesnt work. I can move them around fine. And right click seems to...

After the first launch of an Excel document, if I perform a File/Save, the active Excel window drops behind another opened app window. Will not behave this way on subsequent saves, only the initial. Strange. Any ideas? This is new behavior since the upgrade from XP.

Hello! I just got a new computer with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I installed Doom 3 but when I try to play the game it seems the taskbar keeps focus. When the game is starting up I can see the intro screen but there's no sound, and the taskbar stays on top. If I click the mouse the game gets...

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I've been using IME to type in Japanese, but I'm having a weird problem with it. It will run on startup fine, (I've seen the ctfmon.exe thing, and I have it running) but the IME panel disappears any time I bring focus to any application other than the taskbar/start menu. It used to work fine...

I have a wireless router in my home, with 4 computers connected to it. The only Win 7 computer is constantly annoying me with "Connection to a new network established. Do you want to create a profile?" popup messages. Now while these messages only last 5 seconds and self-disappear, the message...

I have search forum and my controlpanel for any setting for the most annoying feature ever. When iam in fullscreen (world of warcraft) and click on stuff, it somehow senses that there is a window behind my current window and i get a circulated arrow icon, if i click again that window behind...

Hi everyone, long time reader first time poster. I was wondering if its possible to force the focus of a program to the front of the screen. Ie. I've set IExplorer to automatically open .pps files in the viewer not the editor. But if you have other programs (besides IExplorer) in focus at...

Windows 7 Professional - Problem: Certain programs loose focus (freecell, NoMachine NX client for windows) Windows Updates fail, unless I visit the Microsoft page and download and install updates manually I'm not sure why certain applications loose focus. I've been looking for a solution...

Help whenever i Minimize the game i can't open it plz help whenever i want to do something else i need to shut down the game plz help

Hey, I have this annoying problem with windows 7 that literally makes it unbearable. The first thing I noticed was when I open ventrilo and goto "Setup" it freezes for a minute, and when I press "OK" or "Cancel" to get out of the Setup window, it freezes for another minute. It also does...

I wanted to work on two windows side by side and I dragged one window to the left of the screen and it took up half the screen and then I dragged the other window to the right of the screen so that it would take up the other half, and I guess I dragged it too far and let go and it stayed there...

Hi! Sometime ago someone asked how ENABLE minimize FROM taskbar. I have reverse problem - how to DISABLE minimize FROM taskbar (icons grouping disabled). I'm professional programmer and have many windows/instances opened and it's VERY annoying if I'm clicking already foreground window and it run...

I have Windows 7 Ultimate built from scratch, (although this same issue happened before the rebuild, from an upgrade to Windows 7 Pro from Windows Vista); Windows 7 is build 7600. I have a multiple monitor setup and Outlook runs on the r/h screen. When I use Outlook 2007, I click new mail, and...