Re: games minimize when started in XP

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From: KillerAdmin (killer.admin_at_not.valid.email.adress.duh)
Date: 08/07/04 

Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 05:31:37 +0200

"Neil Dela Osa (MS]" <neilde@online.microsoft.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:u3rhlqzeEHA.248@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I haven't been able to find a good solution to this problem. I know
> Alt-Spacebar, N minimizes a window. So does clicking the taskbar icon in
> the title bar of the application. I wonder if the application is somehow
> getting the windows titlebar (perhaps because another app is grabbing
focus
> or it started windowed) and then sending mouseclicks to the taskbar icon?

That could be. I found out that during the short while the games are
full screen if i click the mouse it stays that way.

> Maybe if keyboard software causes problems it could be mouse software too?

Maybe. I have to try and delete my logitec mousedrivers.

> I saw a post mentioning Internet Explorer & pop-ups. The person found an
> Internet Explorer session every time their application minimized that was
> caused by "invisible" pop-ups. You might look at the processes list to
see
> if some other application is getting triggered. For example, it might be
a
> firewall client set to display no messages trying to open a port for a
> network-capable game that's failing the attempt, etc.

Firewall it couldnt be on my system since i dont use one but it must
be some program that does it. Strange thing is that some games
work fine.

> You could try downloading power tools and disable the "windows steal
> application focus" check box.

Ok I will try that also.

> Are you running any refresh rate setting software in your driver? It
could
> be your application is trying to set the monitors refresh rate and
stealing
> focus. Perhaps there's a setting that only works on the admin account and
> that's why the other users are failing because the regkey can't be set and
> the application keeps looping in a vain attempt to set the refresh rate.

You know my monitor "clicks" when I change resolution or refreshrate.
When running the games that minimize it clicks quite a few times.

I am using the driver specific to my monitor. I dont think that makes the
problem since i have used that driver since 2001 or something :)

Well thanks everyone for your post. I will try to see if I can get it to
work right
and then report back here.

/KillerAdmin

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