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#@$%#$ IE7!!!

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  • C Chris Maunder

    You've nailed it. Every so often my entire desktop flickers and whatever window I'm currently on loses focus. It feels like the flicker you get while a service pack or updated driver is being installed. Ad aware comes out clean and Avast is running. I blame the recent comet.

    cheers, Chris Maunder

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    Benjamin Liedblad
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    I had a similar problem (&Cancel button randomly gains focus) with an app I developed (VB2005), but I was able to code an "Are you sure?" work around. This issue only seems to occur on one desktop. It has a unique piece of hardware which I blame: a 'mini' keyboard with a PS/2 connector as opposed to a standard size USB keyboard.

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    • C Chris Maunder

      OK, I nearly broke my desk slamming me fist into it. Is anyone else having IE 7 randomly navigate backwards? I'm sitting here composing a lengthy message and I suddenly hear the tell-tale "click" and it navigates backwards. I lose everything I typed. WTF?

      cheers, Chris Maunder

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      bryce
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      i thought you were good mates with the blokes at M$ - give em a bell dude ...they might want beer though ;) bryce

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      • B Benjamin Liedblad

        I had a similar problem (&Cancel button randomly gains focus) with an app I developed (VB2005), but I was able to code an "Are you sure?" work around. This issue only seems to occur on one desktop. It has a unique piece of hardware which I blame: a 'mini' keyboard with a PS/2 connector as opposed to a standard size USB keyboard.

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        Chris Maunder
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        Benjamin Liedblad wrote:

        It has a unique piece of hardware which I blame:

        <Looks down, sees USB card reader that's always been a bit weird. Unplugs> Hmmmm....

        cheers, Chris Maunder

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        • C Chris Maunder

          OK, I nearly broke my desk slamming me fist into it. Is anyone else having IE 7 randomly navigate backwards? I'm sitting here composing a lengthy message and I suddenly hear the tell-tale "click" and it navigates backwards. I lose everything I typed. WTF?

          cheers, Chris Maunder

          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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          Chris Losinger
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          i think i've noticed it randomly clicking on things that the mouse is merely hovering over. and, it seems to jump to the top of the Z order for no reason, too.

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          • C Chris Maunder

            OK, I nearly broke my desk slamming me fist into it. Is anyone else having IE 7 randomly navigate backwards? I'm sitting here composing a lengthy message and I suddenly hear the tell-tale "click" and it navigates backwards. I lose everything I typed. WTF?

            cheers, Chris Maunder

            CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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            Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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            Does weird nav with me sometimes. I mostly use FF.


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            • C Chris Maunder

              OK, I nearly broke my desk slamming me fist into it. Is anyone else having IE 7 randomly navigate backwards? I'm sitting here composing a lengthy message and I suddenly hear the tell-tale "click" and it navigates backwards. I lose everything I typed. WTF?

              cheers, Chris Maunder

              CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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              Bassam Abdul Baki
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              Does it come with mouse gestures?


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              • S Steve McLenithan

                Since you're on a desktop I can't say why (laptop I would assume bumping the touchpad), but it sounds like your form is losing focus and when you hit backspace... it hits the fan :P

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                Gary R Wheeler
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                I've noticed that IE7 goes out of its way to steal the foreground state from other windows. Somebody at MS appears to not be playing by the rules, and they're dynamically changing the 'let other applications steal the foreground' setting so that they can do it. The problem's most prevalent during page downloads.


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                • C Chris Losinger

                  i think i've noticed it randomly clicking on things that the mouse is merely hovering over. and, it seems to jump to the top of the Z order for no reason, too.

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                  Gary R Wheeler
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                  Chris Losinger wrote:

                  it seems to jump to the top of the Z order for no reason

                  Bingo![^]


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                  • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                    Does it come with mouse gestures?


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                    Gary R Wheeler
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                    Just those involving the middle, uh, button.


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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      I'm using a desktop. I'm really starting to dislike IE 7

                      cheers, Chris Maunder

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                      Roger Wright
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                      Chris Maunder wrote:

                      I'm really starting to dislike IE 7

                      Some of us are apparently slower than others. I hated it from the moment I accidentally allowed Windows Update to install it at work. It's garbage; definitely the nadir in my browser experience, and that goes back a ways (something involving turtles on DOS). We hatessss itttt. But it has never caused my cursor to back up, nor deleted anything; it just prevents me from using the Internet comfortably and efficiently. It sucks, but it doesn't delete things. Have you considered reloading your mouse driver? If you buld your own, you might want to reload the chipset firmware for your motherboard, too. Failing that, I'd have another beer and hope it goes away tomorrow...

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