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  1. Windows 10 Remind Me window is not always in front.

    The Remind Me app creates an alert window at the right time but it doesn't stay in front of other windows. That makes it invisible unless I purposely look for it, and therefore its useless as an alert. There must be a setting for that but I can't find it.
    • McGyver
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    • alert focus foreground notifications remind me settings software usability user experience window
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 Background Download Slowdown - All Applications

    At first I thought what I was witnessing was just something I was imagining but anytime any program in the middle of download gets put in the background the speed for that download just dive-bombs. Soon as I bring the application in question into the foreground the speed ramps up to where I...
    • Jesaynt
    • Thread
    • application background bugs download fixes foreground help internet latency network performance slowdown software speed support troubleshooting user experience windows 10 windows 11
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  3. How to prevent screen locks in your UWP apps

    After a certain amount of idle time, Windows 10 devices may dim the display, activate the lock screen, or power down the display in order to conserve power. The amount of idle time required before this occurs depends on a device’s user settings. Unfortunately, this can turn out to be an...
    • News
    • Thread
    • app development app lifecycle automatic handling background debugging displayrequest error handling foreground idle detection lock screen music player navigation power conservation request counting requestactive requestrelease resource management uwp video playback windows 10
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
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    Windows 7 Files Opening In Background

    HI. whenever i open a file like a video,a picture etc. in windows 7 it opens in background unlike in previous window version where it used to open in foreground.how is it possible to change the behaviour.? thanx
    • getmanan
    • Thread
    • background behavior files foreground picture settings ui issues user interface video windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista ActiveX problem on Vista

    We have a product which is consists of many vb 6.0 activex applications. When I open any one of application on Windows Vista, it opens but always in background and it blinks on taskbar. When I click the blinking one it appears in forground. whereas the same application works fine on windowsXP...