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   From: relic211@cjb.net   
      
   "daviddschool"  wrote in message   
   news:a5fa713b-b332-4334-9716-b329b2cbf867@a26g2000vbo.googlegroups.com...   
   > I find this to be the most frustrating thing about the Windows OS's.   
   > Whenever I am in the middle of working on something and I open up   
   > programs in the background, they will supersede what I am doing and   
   > open in front of my work.  For example, if I am working with Firefox   
   > and typing in something in a search engine or signing in with a web-   
   > based email and I open up Chrome or another Firefox window, it will   
   > open ontop of what I am doing.  This goes for any program like   
   > Photoshop etc.  If I am working on something and want another program   
   > to open up in the background, I don't want the new program to pop up   
   > and interrupt what I am doing!  IS there a way of stopping this with   
   > WinXP?   
      
   In TweakUI, have you checked the box to prevent other applications from   
   stealing focus?   
      
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