Is this generic focus stealing, or is it happing because of a particular
app?

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On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Bob Fronk <[email protected]> wrote:

>  This I have already done (ForegroundLockTimeout).  Does not work in
> Windows 7.  At least for me.
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> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:54 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Windows 7 focus stealing
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> I dont think that there is - but AFAIK the registry tweak is the same
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> If its a mouseover issue, check this:
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>    http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsvista/hover.aspx
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> If you want to prevent any apps from stealing active window focus, try this
> registry hack, which does the same thing as the TweakUI option:
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>    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsxp/ht/stealingfocus02.htm
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>    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957208.aspx
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>  On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Bob Fronk <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Didn’t realize there was a W7 version.  Will try it.
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> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:20 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Windows 7 focus stealing
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> Have you tried the "Prevent applications from stealing focus" option in
> TweakUI ?
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> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Bob Fronk <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I did a quick Google this morning but didn’t find an answer for Windows 7.
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> I need to stop focus stealing on a workstation.
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