Fullscreen Programs keep minimizing.

I've been having this problem for months now and have no idea how to fix this.
As the title says my full screen applications keep minimizing when playing games or watching movies. Windowed applications also seem to lose focus almost as though I clicked on the task bar. I've been writing this for a minute and the focus has been lost 4 times already causing me to have to click on the window to get it back into focus.
So if there is anyway I can fix this I'd be grateful

MilesAhead said:

Windows Seven does not support full screen mode. As example, open a command prompt window. Hit Alt-Enter. It does not switch to full screen mode. It probably has something to do with the system composition/glass/alpha channel etc..

I would ask around on forums for the games you use what people do to work around it. Maybe run the game on an XP machine etc.. I'm not a gamer so I'm not sure if XPMode makes any difference in this case.

So what you're saying is it's one of Windows 7's "Pro Features" also it happens on all games.

Is this what you mean?
Also I've tried a clean startup before and it hasn't worked from what I remember

andrew129260 said:

When did this start happening? You said a couple months ago, but do you remember doing anything different? Any new programs? Etc.

Also please fill out your system information.

What graphics card do you have? Have you checked for an updated driver?

As I said it just suddenly started happening around 3 months ago. I did a system restore when I found out it was happening to the most the recent restore point. It did nothing. I don't remember installing any new programs.

My graphics card is (1) NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M (2) Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 and I have not checked for an updated driver.

ThrashZone said:

It also depends on your definition of Full screen,
There are a few way to go into full screen,
If you ever use the Square box on the top right of open windows/ Don't.
Enlarge the screen by dragging the window to the top/ left of your screen,
Then diagonally drag the bottom/ right to fill the screen.
Then use the F11 key to activate full screen (if necessary)
Some people also go into the Properties of the program/ Shortcut section/ Run: Maximized which is not a good way either this should always be set on Normal window.

Full screen as in no Taskbar or Borders and having to press the Windows key or alt tab to minimize it.