[Newlug] Losing "focus" on Windows XP since Tuesday...

[Nicholas Paul]

You also might want to check the mouse settings in the control panel.

-Nick Paul



On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Don Funkhouser <cee_64 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> No problem. I’m better with Windows than I am with Linux.  Nice to be able
> to contribute something for a change.
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> Don
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> From: Mike Schwartz
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:44 PM
> To: newlug at newlug.org
> Subject: Re: [Newlug] Losing "focus" on Windows XP since Tuesday...
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>      Hmmm… I’ll check that this evening, too!
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> Thanks!
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> Mike
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> From: newlug-bounces at newlug.org [mailto:newlug-bounces at newlug.org] On Behalf
> Of Don Funkhouser
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:30 PM
> To: newlug at newlug.org
> Subject: Re: [Newlug] Losing "focus" on Windows XP since Tuesday...
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> You might want to run System File Checker.  Sometimes one of the updates has
> a problem updating all of the files properly and that might take care of
> it.
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> First, open up an Elevated Command Prompt (re: Run As Administrator), type
> in sfc /scannow, then hit enter.  This should take about 10 to 20 minutes
> depending on what it finds.  After that finishes open up another Elevated
> Command Prompt and type in chkdsk /r and hit enter.  You will be prompted
> that it can't run now and do you want to run it the next time the system
> boots.  Type in Y, hit enter, then reboot the computer and let it run.
> Depending on the size of the OS partition and how many problems it finds and
> needs to fix this could take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour or more as
> it is very thorough.
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> I normally run these two utilities once a month or so even if I don't have
> any problems, and anytime I have some problems.
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> From: Mike Schwartz
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> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:08 PM
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> To: newlug at newlug.org
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> Subject: Re: [Newlug] Losing "focus" on Windows XP since Tuesday...
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>      Ok, I hadn’t thought of the display drivers.  I’ll look…
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> Mike
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> From: newlug-bounces at newlug.org [mailto:newlug-bounces at newlug.org] On Behalf
> Of Don Funkhouser
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 1:48 PM
> To: newlug at newlug.org
> Subject: Re: [Newlug] Losing "focus" on Windows XP since Tuesday...
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> Check to make sure that you didn’t download and install a display driver
> during the updates.  I’ve always found that the display drivers from Windows
> Update (or just about any other driver for that matter), especially on a
> laptop tends to cause more problems than the ones directly from the
> manufacturer.  Try rolling back to the previous display driver or installing
> the latest one directly from the manufacturer’s support site.
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> I haven’t noticed any problems such problems with any of the XP or Win 7
> systems that I have had access to since the updates.
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> Don
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> From: Mike Schwartz
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> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 1:30 PM
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> To: newlug at newlug.org ; newnug at googlegroups.com
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> Subject: [Newlug] Losing "focus" on Windows XP since Tuesday...
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>      Have any of you noticed that Windows XP loses “focus” since Patch
> Tuesday? (this past Tuesday)
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>      Maybe it’s just the two laptops that I’m using on the wireless network
> at a customer over here in Minneapolis, but I open up an application and
> start typing, and pretty soon the laptops will  “lose focus” on the window
> I’m working on, and my typing doesn’t get recorded.
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>      I noticed that Windows appear to be refreshing my whole desktop when
> that happens.  I see all my icons blink and refresh themselves.  Many icons
> will turn into white boxes for a second or two, and Windows goes out and
> refreshes the bitmap on the icon.
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>      Maybe it’s the upgraded version of Microsoft Security Essentials I
> installed, or maybe it’s something else that’s changed.  But it’s driving me
> crazy.  I have to watch the screen constantly when I type and then grab the
> mouse and click on the window I was working on when I want to bring it back
> into focus.  It happened about 10 times while I was typing this email…
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> Thanks!
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> Mike Schwartz
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