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There are lot of computer software applications that we use on day today basis which not only is helpful but often saves time and sometimes increases productivity. I have few of them that I wanted to share and would also like people to recommend their favorite utilities through the comments Read more

A couple of months ago i upgraded my laptop to Vista and since then i had to live with an annoying mouse pointer problem until today. Every time the mouse points to an open window that is in the background it steals the focus and sends the active one behind. This is frustrating in instances where you have a full size and smaller sizes window open, if you are working on the smaller window and if your mouse pointer moves to the full size window, it steals the focus and sends the smaller one to the background. Annoying isn’t?

I did a lot of Googling and checked out various forums but the only suggestion i got was to use the tweakvi utility or do a registry change to fix it. Neither worked! Apparently there is a setting in vista that was the culprit and i just happen to notice it. It is in the Mouse properties under control panel. Here is how you locate it..

Control Panel\Ease of Access Center\Make the mouse easier to use. Un-Check the Activate Window by hovering over it with the mouse check-box. (refer picture)

Ironically Microsoft thinks it is an easier way to switch between windows. Drop me a comment if it helps you….

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