From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: December 26, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Is it possible to stop Windows XP 'stealing focus'?
>
> Leo,
> Is it possible to stop Windows XP 'stealing focus' when a
> window in the background finishes working on something and
> automatically pops up again?
>
> I set a long download or a slow IE page to load in the
> background then continue working on something else. Just as
> the background window finishes working, it pops to the front
> again, and my fast keystrokes apply to the new front window,
> and often as not they cancel whatever was happening in the
> background!
Not really. It's not a windows thing, but something specific
to the application that's popping up.
Sorry.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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