cannot alt-tab out of game

[perkins4913]

i can't alt-tab out of a steam game, counter-strike. it's never done this before, and i'm trying to think of what i may have done for this to occur, but nothing comes to me. the only thing i can do to get out of the game is by quitting the game itself, or ctrl-alt-del to task manager. when i go to task manager, it says that the "aero" theme of vista isn't compatible with the game. like i said, it's never had this problem before. any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[kword88]

try ALT-ESC

 

[Odd]

Not sure what the problem is, but you could try using the windows key to get out of it.

 

[perkins4913]

alt-esc does the same thing as the rest. whenever i try to goto windows desktop, it brings up a black blank screen, making me have to ctrl-alt-del into task manager.

 

[perkins4913]

bump. still having the problem. it has nothing to do with what i press btw. something conflicting with hl.exe (counterstrike) and vista's aero theme.

 

[bj860]

my suggestion is to change your vista theme while you are playing counterstrike.

 

[Crispy2007]

Try CTRL+ALT+DEL and open Task bar manager and then try alt tab between the two.

 

[perkins4913]

my suggestion is to change your vista theme while you are playing counterstrike.

Doesn't help. I've tried even putting it on the old XP-style theme, and it still does it.

Try CTRL+ALT+DEL and open Task bar manager and then try alt tab between the two.

The only way I can alt-tab out is because of ctrl+alt+del and the vista menu it brings up. after that, even if the task manager is open, when i go back into counterstrike and try to alt-tab out again, it does the same thing.

I've just been dealing with it, even though it's a royal pita

Only response I got from the ATI forum was something about a DirectX and OpenGL conflict (counterstrike runs in OpenGL). I tried reverting back to older ATI drivers, but it still continued. I'm just lost. Probably going to end up installing Windows 7 if I can't find an answer soon.

ATI/AMD forum link: http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=227&threadid=119366

 

[theGoods]

I had the exact same problem (as well as two other friends) after updating ATI drivers. I just system restored and everything went back to normal.

 

[perkins4913]

i've tried system restore, too. i even completely wiped my hard drive and reinstalled everything. i STILL get it. i guess i'll just have to wait until ATI fixes the problem...

 

[cembick]

Came across this post and had the same problem....try restarting the windows dektop manager service...worked for me...

 

[levidread99]

(this might just be for me) if you are not using aero then go to video settings and advanced then disable aero extensions. this worked for me.