Dear Microsoft....

[dguy6789]

STOP MAKING OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT POP UP WITH MESSAGES ASKING ME WHAT TO DO WHILE I AM BUSY TYPING AND THEN CLOSING THE POP UP BECAUSE IT ACCEPTED A KEYSTROKE THAT WASN'T EVEN ENTER AS AN ANSWER ALL BEFORE I EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO READ WHAT IT WAS ASKING.

Thank you.

In all seriousness, I was doing some large file transfers and it most likely was asking me if I wanted to copy and replace or ignore stuff. I'm just a little ticked off that it happened so many times. People who write programs that pop up in front of something you are doing should be shot. Just beep or make your icon flash, but don't pop up in front of whatever it is that I am working on at the time, I don't care what it is, don't do it! This goes for Microsoft and everybody else!

 

[TheStu]

One of the first things I would do on a clean XP install would be to install TweakUI so that I could do the registry setting that would make sure that nothing would steal focus. I wish I knew the actual registry key as it would be useful to you here.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
STOP MAKING OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT POP UP WITH MESSAGES ASKING ME WHAT TO DO WHILE I AM BUSY TYPING AND THEN CLOSING THE POP UP BECAUSE IT ACCEPTED A KEYSTROKE THAT WASN'T EVEN ENTER AS AN ANSWER ALL BEFORE I EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO READ WHAT IT WAS ASKING.

Thank you.

People who write programs that pop up in front of something you are doing should be shot.

First, It has never poped up UAC dialog box while am typing. UAC is popped up when it requires permission for elevated operations, it rarely happens while typing.

You know people who whine about UAC should be slapped and sent back to elementary because they don't know how to disable it.

Personally, I don't find it annoying, it just brings the best (patience) and worst (retardation) in people.

Edit: maybe you aren't talking about uac, in that case...nvm.

 

[dguy6789]

Indeed that would be really useful. The one and only real fault I have with windows in general is the tendency of various things to steal focus.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
Indeed that would be really useful. The one and only real fault I have with windows in general is the tendency of various things to steal focus.

Agreed! So frustrating, especially with the level of multitasking PCs are capable of these days.

Originally posted by: Aberforth
First, It has never poped up UAC dialog box while am typing. UAC is popped up when it requires permission for elevated operations, it rarely happens while typing.

You know people who whine about UAC should be slapped and sent back to elementary because they don't know how to disable it.

Personally, I don't find it annoying, it just brings the best (patience) and worst (retardation) in people.

I'm trying to figure out where you pulled a UAC rant from...his post mentioned nothing about UAC. I see he edited his post, but it was a full half hour before your post. 😕

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: dguy6789
STOP MAKING OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT POP UP WITH MESSAGES ASKING ME WHAT TO DO WHILE I AM BUSY TYPING AND THEN CLOSING THE POP UP BECAUSE IT ACCEPTED A KEYSTROKE THAT WASN'T EVEN ENTER AS AN ANSWER ALL BEFORE I EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO READ WHAT IT WAS ASKING.

Thank you.

People who write programs that pop up in front of something you are doing should be shot.

First, It has never poped up UAC dialog box while am typing. UAC is popped up when it requires permission for elevated operations, it rarely happens while typing.

You know people who whine about UAC should be slapped and sent back to elementary because they don't know how to disable it.

Personally, I don't find it annoying, it just brings the best (patience) and worst (retardation) in people.

I am not talking about UAC at all. Completely unrelated.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: dguy6789

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: dguy6789
STOP MAKING OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT POP UP WITH MESSAGES ASKING ME WHAT TO DO WHILE I AM BUSY TYPING AND THEN CLOSING THE POP UP BECAUSE IT ACCEPTED A KEYSTROKE THAT WASN'T EVEN ENTER AS AN ANSWER ALL BEFORE I EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO READ WHAT IT WAS ASKING.

Thank you.

People who write programs that pop up in front of something you are doing should be shot.

First, It has never poped up UAC dialog box while am typing. UAC is popped up when it requires permission for elevated operations, it rarely happens while typing.

You know people who whine about UAC should be slapped and sent back to elementary because they don't know how to disable it.

Personally, I don't find it annoying, it just brings the best (patience) and worst (retardation) in people.

I am not talking about UAC at all. Completely unrelated.

Still I disagree with you.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: dguy6789
STOP MAKING OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT POP UP WITH MESSAGES ASKING ME WHAT TO DO WHILE I AM BUSY TYPING AND THEN CLOSING THE POP UP BECAUSE IT ACCEPTED A KEYSTROKE THAT WASN'T EVEN ENTER AS AN ANSWER ALL BEFORE I EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO READ WHAT IT WAS ASKING.

Thank you.

People who write programs that pop up in front of something you are doing should be shot.

First, It has never poped up UAC dialog box while am typing. UAC is popped up when it requires permission for elevated operations, it rarely happens while typing.

You know people who whine about UAC should be slapped and sent back to elementary because they don't know how to disable it.

Personally, I don't find it annoying, it just brings the best (patience) and worst (retardation) in people.

Edit: maybe you aren't talking about uac, in that case...nvm.

Way to assume 😉 :laugh:

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: dguy6789

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: dguy6789
STOP MAKING OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT POP UP WITH MESSAGES ASKING ME WHAT TO DO WHILE I AM BUSY TYPING AND THEN CLOSING THE POP UP BECAUSE IT ACCEPTED A KEYSTROKE THAT WASN'T EVEN ENTER AS AN ANSWER ALL BEFORE I EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO READ WHAT IT WAS ASKING.

Thank you.

People who write programs that pop up in front of something you are doing should be shot.

First, It has never poped up UAC dialog box while am typing. UAC is popped up when it requires permission for elevated operations, it rarely happens while typing.

You know people who whine about UAC should be slapped and sent back to elementary because they don't know how to disable it.

Personally, I don't find it annoying, it just brings the best (patience) and worst (retardation) in people.

I am not talking about UAC at all. Completely unrelated.

Still I disagree with you.

Really, you disagree? You think apps and alerts stealing focus and then being dismissed or otherwise interacted with by random keystrokes is a GOOD thing? Ok, whatever floats your boat, I guess.

 

[postmortemIA]

there's way to disable stealing focus, at least in XP using XP tweakUI.

i hate it.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Really, you disagree? You think apps and alerts stealing focus and then being dismissed or otherwise interacted with by random keystrokes is a GOOD thing? Ok, whatever floats your boat, I guess.

I don't find pop-up messages annoying, the UAC I talked about is also a pop-up box, see how useful it is, the OP said people who does that should be shot- I don't think so. If you are such a hardcore user, why not find a registry tweak to disable it, why bash Microsoft as though they invented pop ups, every OS has it.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: loup garou
Really, you disagree? You think apps and alerts stealing focus and then being dismissed or otherwise interacted with by random keystrokes is a GOOD thing? Ok, whatever floats your boat, I guess.

I don't find pop-up messages annoying, the UAC I talked about is also a pop-up box, see how useful it is,

Dude, we're still not talking about UAC. Get over it.

the OP said people who does that should be shot- I don't think so.

Aberforth, hyperbole. Hyperbole, Aberforth. Please acquaint yourselves.

If you are such a hardcore user, why not find a registry tweak to disable it,

Who's to say I haven't?

why bash Microsoft as though they invented pop ups, every OS has it.

HEY OS MAKER WHOSE PRODUCT I DON'T USE! I REALLY HATE ALL YOUR ANNOYING QUIRKS/PROBLEMS/ANNOYANCES! GET THAT SHIT FIXED DAMMIT, BEFORE I GET OVER THERE AND STAB ALL YOUR DEVELOPERS!

There, feel better? PS, I'm not really going to stab anyone.

That said, as much as I dislike OS X, I do appreciate the way they handle apps that want your attention, as sickeningly cute as it is.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Get over it.

I did. This whole topic is one big hyperbole, tiny little annoyances that people don't have enough temperament to cope with.

 

[MTDEW]

I'd just be happy if they could make and OS that understood that when i select YES TO ALL the first time when copying files, i meant YES TO ALL and dont wanna be asked 5 more times before they all copy!

I dont care who you are thats annoying! 😀

 

[Nothinman]

I'd just be happy if they could make and OS that understood that when i select YES TO ALL the first time when copying files, i meant YES TO ALL and dont wanna be asked 5 more times before they all copy!

It actually does. The thing is that it's asking about that particular instance, so if it's asking about overwriting a read-only file and you say Yes to All it means yes to overwrite all read-only files. Then if it comes across another, different instance that it wants to ask about like overwriting system files it'll ask you about that.

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: loup garou
Really, you disagree? You think apps and alerts stealing focus and then being dismissed or otherwise interacted with by random keystrokes is a GOOD thing? Ok, whatever floats your boat, I guess.

I don't find pop-up messages annoying, the UAC I talked about is also a pop-up box, see how useful it is, the OP said people who does that should be shot- I don't think so. If you are such a hardcore user, why not find a registry tweak to disable it, why bash Microsoft as though they invented pop ups, every OS has it.

Tons of people would disagree, anyways noone cares about UAC its being fixed in windows 7 anyways.

 

[MTDEW]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

I'd just be happy if they could make and OS that understood that when i select YES TO ALL the first time when copying files, i meant YES TO ALL and dont wanna be asked 5 more times before they all copy!

It actually does. The thing is that it's asking about that particular instance, so if it's asking about overwriting a read-only file and you say Yes to All it means yes to overwrite all read-only files. Then if it comes across another, different instance that it wants to ask about like overwriting system files it'll ask you about that.

Thnx for the explaination.
Now, is there any way to say "yes to ALL files" no matter what they are?

It would really come in handy when im copying my files to my backup USB drive, where i want them all copied and overwritten with the newest files i have saved.
I hate having to babysit copying files, when i really do just want them all copied anyway.

 

[stlcardinals]

What version of windows did this happen OP?

I'm using Windows 7 right now, I transfer many files over my network everyday with just about every transfer asking what to do about conflicts. I'll be working in another program and it never steals focus away. UAC prompts will not even steal focus if they happen on a program that doesn't have focus.

 

[stlcardinals]

Originally posted by: MTDEW

Originally posted by: Nothinman

I'd just be happy if they could make and OS that understood that when i select YES TO ALL the first time when copying files, i meant YES TO ALL and dont wanna be asked 5 more times before they all copy!

It actually does. The thing is that it's asking about that particular instance, so if it's asking about overwriting a read-only file and you say Yes to All it means yes to overwrite all read-only files. Then if it comes across another, different instance that it wants to ask about like overwriting system files it'll ask you about that.

Thnx for the explaination.
Now, is there any way to say "yes to ALL files" no matter what they are?

It would really come in handy when im copying my files to my backup USB drive, where i want them all copied and overwritten with the newest files i have saved.
I hate having to babysit copying files, when i really do just want them all copied anyway.

I'm pretty sure Robocopy can do this.

 

[gsellis]

dguy, you hit one of my peeves too. You are busy multitasking (which was THEIR selling feature), and wham. Some stupid app thinks what it is doing is more important and does a set focus on a window, popup, etc. Meanwhile, you are now typing either uselessly or just hit the wrong default button or replaced text (and the really dumb apps do not have an undo that will fix what was just replaced.)

I give this rant a 9.

//ps - it is not just MS OS' that do that.

 

[Nothinman]

Now, is there any way to say "yes to ALL files" no matter what they are?

I think if you hold shift while you click Yes to All it'll answer yes to everything but I'm not 100% sure since I don't use Windows that much.

Although something like robocopy would be better because it can verify the copy went ok too.

 

[pmv]

Agree entirely re focus stealing. Its one of those things that infuriates me when it happens but never seem to remember long enough to complain about it on sites like this. But now I think about it, it happens quite a lot. A number of times I've had to check zone alarm to see 'what the heck was it I just accidentally allowed/blocked net access to?'.

(I wonder if this problem is especially annoying to those of us who are decent touch-typists? Probably its not so much of an issue if you are a hunt-and-peck two finger typist).

Incidentally, is there a way to 'queue' a lot of file copy operations when they are copied from different folders? You can select a lot of files to copy from one folder and it will do them sequentially, fine. But if you want to copy things from different folders you have to wait till each copy is done before telling to do the next, or else it will try and do them all simultaneously and the machine grinds to a halt.

I have another gripe, but I'm not sure I can remember it exactly now. Its if you are copying a folder into a folder where there's a folder of the same name. You can either overwrite any files that have the same name, with no further warning, or cancel the whole thing.

I want the option of saying 'yes, do the copy' but either 'don't overwrite anything' or 'ask me about each individual file overwrite that might occur'.

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: stlcardinals
What version of windows did this happen OP?

I'm using Windows 7 right now, I transfer many files over my network everyday with just about every transfer asking what to do about conflicts. I'll be working in another program and it never steals focus away. UAC prompts will not even steal focus if they happen on a program that doesn't have focus.

I'm using Vista.

 

[13Gigatons]

This has happened to me before. I was typing a message like this and some dialog opened and a keystroke closed it.

However this will fix it:

Modify the registry
To resolve this issue, modify the value of the ForegroundLockTimeout registry entry in Registry Editor. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. In the right pane, locate and then double-click ForegroundLockTimeout.
4. Under Base, click Decimal, type 0 in the Value data box, and then click OK.

Note The default decimal value for the ForegroundLockTimeout registry entry is set as 200000.
5. Quit Registry Editor.
6. Restart your computer.