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WHen I do an alt-tab in Windows 7, if I don't constantly switch window (holding down alt and quickly clicking tab) it will go into Peek mode. Normally, I would expect the alt-tab window to stay on top when the Peek happens, but, instead my little alt-tab window disappears behind the windows being brought forward by the Peek. I can still cycle through the windows by pushing alt-tab, but my window has disappeared. When I tried this on someone else's Windows 7 box, it didn't do this.
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Go to Control Panel -> Advanced (or Advanced System Settings) -> in the section Performance click on "Settings..." button -> in the custom list of Visual Effects uncheck "Enable Aero Peek" -> click "Apply" button
Now the alt-tab window will stay afloat as long as you want.
I recently starting having this problem.
In my case, I've narrowed it down to the Windows Gadgets (i.e. sidebar.exe). Once I closed all my gadgets, the problem went away; alternatively, when I killed sidebar.exe, the problem went away.
Hi,
Welcome to Microsoft answers.
Which version of Windows7 are you running ?
I suggest you to update your display drivers, goto manufacturers website and download the latest drivers and install.
Also check use aeropeak to preview desktop, follow these steps:
Let us know if you have any issues.
Thanks and Regards,
Azam - Microsoft Support.
OK. I think I have the answer...I logged on to my computer with a different account and did not see the same Alt-tab problems I had before. Assuming this was a profile issue, I logged in as an admin and deleted my profile (My Computer|Properties|Advanced System Settings|User Profiles|Settings). I logged back in and don't have the alt-tab problem anymore. You will end up losing a lot of your settings and don't forget to back up your desktop and Favorites, but, it works.
I would like to hear if this fixes the problem for anyone else.
I'm still experiencing this issue. Killing iPoint.exe and re-loading it fixes the issue for me, at least for a while. I'm almost certain this is an Intellipoint driver issue.
It's not an iPoint bug. It's an Alt+tab bugg. Alt+tab is part of explorer so it's an explorer bug.
I didn't say it was an iPoint bug, I said it was an iPoint issue. If iPoint is hooking into the shell in such a way as to occasionally break the Z-Order of the windows during Alt-Tab, then the issue *is* with iPoint.
It's not about the shell being "fragile" or anything of the sort - anyone can write a bad Explorer plugin and have it break shell functionality. At the point that someone is writing something that interfaces directly with the shell it's the responsibility of that developer to ensure it functions correctly. I can write a system level driver that blue-screens Windows, but contrary to popular belief this is not Microsoft's fault for making their OS "fragile", it would be mine for writing something that plays with system-critical components and doesn't play nice.
Now, the fact that this "3rd party" mouse driver software happens to be written by Microsoft doesn't make the interface layer any different - it just makes it more embarrassing for Microsoft that they haven't fixed it after so long.
