Comments on: Please Windows Stop Interrupting my Typing!

By: Ean

Ean — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:31:15 +0000

Hey Scott,

Nice suggestion with TweakUI. I’ve never liked installing extra crap that modifies the default UI very much but this might be something I do want.

That said, the default UI shouldn’t have such an awful behaviour in the first place. Does it fix the annoying reboot prompt too?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:41:55 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever had windows randomly pop up windows that interupt my work.

Depending on your version of windows, I’d look for a utility called “Tweak UI” for XP or “Tweak VI” for Vista.

One of the features for Tweak UI is to prevent applications from stealing focus, so this problem should never come up. You can have it flash the task bar button until you click on it, or a user selectable number of times.

This is only one of the many useful settings that you can adjust. It’s one of the first things to get installed when I do a fresh install.

Tweak UI is available from Microsoft, while Tweak VI is available from a company called “TotalIdea”. Apparently TotalIdea has an enhanced version of the microsoft Tweak UI for even more settings to change.

Nice if these were standard, but it’s better than not having them

By: Ean

Ean — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:59:51 +0000

Lauren: I found the same roadblock. I wanted to send feedback but there was no obvious way of doing so. Thus why I wrote this blog and posted it in an MS Facebook group.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:28:49 +0000

I hate that too. Have you ever tried to tell Microsoft any of this crap? They are the one company that hides the ability for consumers to send comments (or I have never been able to find an address, email, number or form on their site). I think that says something.