window loses focus

thewolfe

thewolfe

New member
Power User
Local time
8:08 PM
Messages
203
For some reason the "focus" goes away from the page I'm on and my cursor disappears Whether it's in Word on the Internet etc. I can click back on the page and it reappears. The "title" bar lightens up so the focus must be going to another program. It happens no matter what I'm looking at.

Hide mouse while typing is not checked.

Any ideas?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz3GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 1525
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz
Memory
3GB
Hard Drives
232 GB
Possibly this is happening because the app is not responding, however this does not seem likely. Does this problem occur at any specific time, such as mostly when you are typing?
Also, if you are using a touchpad with tap-to-click enabled, you could be simply brushing the pad by accident and clicking to another window.
Finally, some background programs will take "priority" when doing certain tasks, such as a antivirus program, and will cause the window to lose "focus."
Hope this helps.

-slizz
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate x64Intel i7 1st gen4gb ddr3AMD Radeon 5650
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Studio 17
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i7 1st gen
Motherboard
Studio 17
Memory
4gb ddr3
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon 5650
Sound Card
some JBL thing
Monitor(s) Displays
flippin' gigantic thing
Screen Resolution
1600-900
Hard Drives
scorpio blue - 200 gb
Case
minifridge racks
Cooling
a minifridge
Keyboard
homemade cardboard thing
Mouse
i use a cat
Internet Speed
not fast enough
Other Info
whats left of a Studio 17, stuck into my fridge. not kidding.
Slizz, it seems to happen in any program or browser. I do have numerous programs running in the background but nothing that I have installed lately. The only thing I know to do is to start one by one disabling them and seeing if I can detect the culprit. Any programs you know of that would give me that kind of info.

I don't know anything about "resource manager" or "event viewer" but I'll read up to see if I could glean anything from them or another program if anyone has any ideas. Thanks for the post.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz3GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 1525
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz
Memory
3GB
Hard Drives
232 GB
Think I got it...Tivo Notify, Server and or Transfer progies for Tivo Desktop.

Turned the services off all was well, turned them on and cursor disappeared in about a minute.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz3GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 1525
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz
Memory
3GB
Hard Drives
232 GB
awesome! glad you fixed it!
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate x64Intel i7 1st gen4gb ddr3AMD Radeon 5650
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Studio 17
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i7 1st gen
Motherboard
Studio 17
Memory
4gb ddr3
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon 5650
Sound Card
some JBL thing
Monitor(s) Displays
flippin' gigantic thing
Screen Resolution
1600-900
Hard Drives
scorpio blue - 200 gb
Case
minifridge racks
Cooling
a minifridge
Keyboard
homemade cardboard thing
Mouse
i use a cat
Internet Speed
not fast enough
Other Info
whats left of a Studio 17, stuck into my fridge. not kidding.
I had the same problem. In my case it was Apple Mobile Device Service grabbing the focus randomly (and releasing it back also).

I reinstalled iTunes together with Apple Mobilde Device Service and the problem was gone.

--
Christoph
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1Intel Core 2 Duo4GBNvidia Geforce 2
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 9400
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo
Motherboard
Dell
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia Geforce 2
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
UXGA 1920x1200
Hard Drives
Kingston SSD 512 GB
Interesting. I have another problem with Apple Mobile devices. No matter what I do it won't auto startup. I have finally setup a keyboard shortcut to "Services" so I can manually "Restart" because I sync my iPad & iPod to my Outlook calendar every morning.

I have re-installed iTunes but no joy.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz3GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 1525
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz
Memory
3GB
Hard Drives
232 GB
thewolfe said:
Interesting. I have another problem with Apple Mobile devices. No matter what I do it won't auto startup. I have finally setup a keyboard shortcut to "Services" so I can manually "Restart" because I sync my iPad & iPod to my Outlook calendar every morning.

I have re-installed iTunes but no joy.
Click to expand...

I very often find (and I'm getting a corresponding message popping up) that
apple sync notifier is not finding libxml2.dll

This has been a notorious problem with me here coming with every itunes-reinstallation and I believe it's Apple not fixing it for months or at least a year now.


I solve it by putting manually that libxml2.dll into the \program files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support.

--
Christoph
 
Last edited:

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1Intel Core 2 Duo4GBNvidia Geforce 2
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 9400
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo
Motherboard
Dell
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia Geforce 2
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
UXGA 1920x1200
Hard Drives
Kingston SSD 512 GB
I tried your fix but no joy. Thought it might not help because I don't get an error message, iTunes just does not recognize my device when I attach them through my USB cable. Oh well, always worth a try. Thanks
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz3GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 1525
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz
Memory
3GB
Hard Drives
232 GB
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Cursor loses focus when moving Mouse
Replies
0
Views
1K
DoccTor
D
Solved If mouse strays off current window, window behind grabs focus
Replies
3
Views
4K
Brink
Brink
Losing window focus when I click on it
Replies
1
Views
8K
johnhoh
johnhoh
Active program Window Losing Focus Issue
Replies
2
Views
4K
natakublaze
N
Windows 7 PC Sometimes loses second, third, fourth internal hard drive
Replies
7
Views
2K
saturn2187
S
Back
Top