Vista - Rage against Alt-Tab

I really HATE the new Alt-tab stuff (shortcut for switching between
applications). The default Aero interface really sucks as I often work
using alt-tab whilst using mouse, and Aero also enables the mouse to
select applications, thus disturbing my choice of application when I
release alt-tab). I only found one way of disabling this annoying
Alt-tab stuff, and it is by disabling the Aero interface.

Well now you think I'm back to normal Alt-tab like it was in XP? Oh no!
Still there are problems. If you have two windows active in an
application, and you have another window active within it (like a search
window in a text editor), alt tab seem to switch back to the application
containing the search window, and not another application! It seem like
it's not happening in notepad, but it happens in MS Word 2007 and many
other apps! It's so annoying!!

1. Open word.
2. Open a search window
3. Press alt-tab and you are back in Word and not switching to another
application!
4. pressing alt-tab again and you are moving to another app, and not
back to the search window. What's logic about that?

Please mr Microsoft. This must be fixed. :-)


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Alt | Tab appears to switch to the last used Windows. To me that is logical.
If you want to switch to another app's Window you alt | tab twice.

I see no problem with that.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"HAL" <nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I really HATE the new Alt-tab stuff (shortcut for switching between
>applications). The default Aero interface really sucks as I often work
>using alt-tab whilst using mouse, and Aero also enables the mouse to select
>applications, thus disturbing my choice of application when I release
>alt-tab). I only found one way of disabling this annoying Alt-tab stuff,
>and it is by disabling the Aero interface.
>
> Well now you think I'm back to normal Alt-tab like it was in XP? Oh no!
> Still there are problems. If you have two windows active in an
> application, and you have another window active within it (like a search
> window in a text editor), alt tab seem to switch back to the application
> containing the search window, and not another application! It seem like
> it's not happening in notepad, but it happens in MS Word 2007 and many
> other apps! It's so annoying!!
>
> 1. Open word.
> 2. Open a search window
> 3. Press alt-tab and you are back in Word and not switching to another
> application!
> 4. pressing alt-tab again and you are moving to another app, and not back
> to the search window. What's logic about that?
>
> Please mr Microsoft. This must be fixed. :-)
>
>
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> IT/MsC/ITAdm
> Engineering Services

Richard Urban wrote:
> Alt | Tab appears to switch to the last used Windows. To me that is
> logical. If you want to switch to another app's Window you alt | tab twice.
>
> I see no problem with that.
>

Please read the whole text before answering. It does not behave like XP,
and it's not logic that it "tabs" from search to winword, and then tabs
again NOT back to search, but to another app.

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IT/MsC/ITAdm
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That is exactly what Windows XP does. I just booted up my other system and
tried it.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"HAL" <nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Richard Urban wrote:
>> Alt | Tab appears to switch to the last used Windows. To me that is
>> logical. If you want to switch to another app's Window you alt | tab
>> twice.
>>
>> I see no problem with that.
>>
>
> Please read the whole text before answering. It does not behave like XP,
> and it's not logic that it "tabs" from search to winword, and then tabs
> again NOT back to search, but to another app.
>
> --
> IT/MsC/ITAdm
> Engineering Services