Re: Stop Messenger Window from Taking Focus

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 06/18/04


Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:39:07 -0400

Hi Rob,

Oh, but you can hide the tabs too -- just click the Tools menu, then Options, then Privacy
tab, select 'This is a shared computer so don't display my tabs' and click OK.

Glad to hear it's working out for you =)
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"RobC" <rcsontos@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:CdDAc.102307$0X2.4698448@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> Jonathan,
>
> I had 4.7 on my XP Professional Dell laptop. Didn't know 6.2 was
> availavble. I loaded 6.2 and see I can now automatically save
> messages.... that is great! I was also mistaken on the focus issue I
> mentioned in 4.7. I retested it yesterday and it did the blinking on
> the task bar and did not take focus, though I would swear this happened
> in the past. Sure would be nice to be able to hide some of those tabs
> on the left.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob



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