hi,

i've had the same problem. i'm using earthlink total access software, and i
found that if i sign out of the earthlink taskbar the problem goes away.
this, of course, does not fix the problem in e-mail, or anything that
requires the earthlink taskbar to be active, but it does take care of it when
using any application that doesn't require internet access.

i did get in touch with earthlink about this; their advice was their usual -
uninstall, re-install from disk, etc. i haven't bothered to do that; i'm
thinking it's easier and quicker to just switch isps...
--
w.


"poohma7979" wrote:

> Hi - I've had my new Dell Dimension 3000 for two weeks now. After loading
> programs that I wanted on my computer (Microsoft Office 2000, Quicken Deluxe
> 2005 Deluxe, AdAware SE, and AIM), I now have a problem that the window I am
> working in will suddenly become inactive and I must click back on it to be
> able to continue. I called Dell Support (because this problem also kicks me
> off of the chat) and they said it was a software issue. How do I determine
> what software is causing this and how can I fix it?