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I didn't want to post any more stuff like this here, but I'm at a point of last resort so it has to be done. I'm having a really weird IE problem. I've tried going to Microsoft support but they've been about as helpful as the average snowfall in hell. So, I was hoping maybe someone here has had this problem, or might know how to fix it:

Anyway, whenever I press Enter in IE, the window goes into the background. So every time I, say, post a message here I have to grab my mouse and re-click on the window every time I press Enter. At first it seem insignificant, but it's really getting on my nerves now. I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot, and other crap but nothing seems to make it stop. And since Microsoft in their infinite wisdom doesn't let you re-install IE without re-installing the entire Win98 OS, I'm left with a pretty crappy problem. So if anyone has any ideas, please tell me.

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I didn't want to post any more stuff like this here, but I'm at a point of last resort so it has to be done. I'm having a really weird IE problem. I've tried going to Microsoft support but they've been about as helpful as the average snowfall in hell. So, I was hoping maybe someone here has had this problem, or might know how to fix it:

Anyway, whenever I press Enter in IE, the window goes into the background. So every time I, say, post a message here I have to grab my mouse and re-click on the window every time I press Enter. At first it seem insignificant, but it's really getting on my nerves now. I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot, and other crap but nothing seems to make it stop. And since Microsoft in their infinite wisdom doesn't let you re-install IE without re-installing the entire Win98 OS, I'm left with a pretty crappy problem. So if anyone has any ideas, please tell me.

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I didn't want to post any more stuff like this here, but I'm at a point of last resort so it has to be done. I'm having a really weird IE problem. I've tried going to Microsoft support but they've been about as helpful as the average snowfall in hell. So, I was hoping maybe someone here has had this problem, or might know how to fix it:

Anyway, whenever I press Enter in IE, the window goes into the background. So every time I, say, post a message here I have to grab my mouse and re-click on the window every time I press Enter. At first it seem insignificant, but it's really getting on my nerves now. I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot, and other crap but nothing seems to make it stop. And since Microsoft in their infinite wisdom doesn't let you re-install IE without re-installing the entire Win98 OS, I'm left with a pretty crappy problem. So if anyone has any ideas, please tell me.

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So if anyone has any ideas, please tell me.

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So if anyone has any ideas, please tell me.


I'm having a similar problem (I have Windows XP).
If I open mutliple windows, the window that loads first, pops up, leaving my active window in the background, and if another window loads, it goes up to the front, leaving the rest in the background, and so on.
This shit is REALLY annoying, and I can't pipoint the source of this evil.

I've had this problem since a few days ago...

I will try to search for a cure, in the meanwhile, I will bump this thread.

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I concur because I've never come across a problem like that. And I've seen a lot of problems.

From rumors that I've heard, OSs like 98 and below are prone to problems now with the new forms of marketing (Pop-up ads from insecure lines...I've already posted about this one). Perhaps something's trying to send an ad. to your computer, but something on your computer is counteracting that pop-up.

I would recommend an installation of Windows XP or maybe a change in internet browser. Try your luck with Mozilla first, I've never used it myself, but I haven't heard of any problems with it. Netscape has it's limitations, but then again, it could be the limitation of the IMacs at school instead.

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EDIT: Blarg, I just posted without writing a reply. Let's try this again...

I concur because I've never come across a problem like that. And I've seen a lot of problems.

From rumors that I've heard, OSs like 98 and below are prone to problems now with the new forms of marketing (Pop-up ads from insecure lines...I've already posted about this one). Perhaps something's trying to send an ad. to your computer, but something on your computer is counteracting that pop-up.

I would recommend an installation of Windows XP or maybe a change in internet browser. Try your luck with Mozilla first, I've never used it myself, but I haven't heard of any problems with it. Netscape has it's limitations, but then again, it could be the limitation of the IMacs at school instead.


I have XP, but the software I need to run doesn't work under XP. That's why I'm still using 98.

I installed all security updates but that didn't help. I upgraded to most recent version of IE but that didn't help either.

I haven't really done anything much to IE since I got this computer a month or two ago. If Mozilla is good enough, I think I might just switch. I'd need a way to find out, though.

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