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Kenneth McClure - 22 Jan 2005 23:27 GMT

Hello, In my daughters room, I have a PII 400mhz computer using Win 98. It
seems to be changing the active window by itself. I'm sure there's a
setting to make it stop but it's easier for her to figure out how to screw
it up than it is for me to figure out how to fix it. Anyway....Symptoms....
When you open a window that is less than full screen size, that window will
stay active until the pointer on the mouse leaves that window. Then the
smaller window disappears (goes to the back) and the larger window is now
the active window. The only way to get back to the smaller window is to
minimize the large, screen-filling window to reveal all the smaller windows.
If there are multiple windows open, the active window is the one the pointer
rests in (without clicking). Like I said, I'm sure there's a setting for
this but i can't find it. We do have a nice new mouse now though. :)
Thanks,
Kenny

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glee - 23 Jan 2005 05:25 GMT

Does she have TweakUI installed? If so, start it: Start> Settings> Control Panel>
TweakUI.
Click the Mouse tab.
Remove the check from the box for "Activation follows mouse (X-Mouse)", and click
OK.
If this particular setting is not shown on the Mouse tab of TweakUI, or if TweakUI
is not installed, she may alternately have the X-Mouse Power Toy installed, causing
the same effect.

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> Hello, In my daughters room, I have a PII 400mhz computer using Win 98. It
> seems to be changing the active window by itself. I'm sure there's a
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> Thanks,
> Kenny

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Kenneth McClure - 24 Jan 2005 17:22 GMT

Well Glee, That was the ticket. tweakUI was installed and that block was
X'd. Thanks for your help.
Kenny

> Does she have TweakUI installed? If so, start it: Start> Settings> Control Panel>
> TweakUI.
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> > Thanks,
> > Kenny

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dadiOH - 23 Jan 2005 15:22 GMT

> Hello, In my daughters room, I have a PII 400mhz computer using Win
> 98. It seems to be changing the active window by itself. I'm sure
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> in (without clicking). Like I said, I'm sure there's a setting for
> this but i can't find it.

> We do have a nice new mouse now though.

And I bet it does all sorts of cool things via its options from Control
Panel. Like make a window active when the pointer is moved over the
title bar.

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glee - 23 Jan 2005 15:41 GMT

> > Hello, In my daughters room, I have a PII 400mhz computer using Win
> > 98. It seems to be changing the active window by itself. I'm sure
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> Panel. Like make a window active when the pointer is moved over the
> title bar.

heh-heh...yeah, or that. I skipped right over the part where they said they had a
new mouse. It could be in the added options of that mouse software, as you say.

:-)

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