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Jonathan Kay [MVP]
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      03-22-2007
Greetings,

No, this is by design. However, it shouldn't be stealing focus in what you're working on.

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> Hi.
>
> When you get a new message in live messenger (as with previous
> versions), the IM window pops up your task bar (if set to auto-hide),
> and flashes. Is there any way to prevent it from doing this?
>
> Thanks
>



 
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