Feb 02 patch bug. Cannot Alt-tab to Windows.
By
Infinite_Zero,
Posted on: 2011-02-02 22:09 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I've had that issue for a few patches now. If I repeatedly alternate between pressing the Windows key and clicking on CoH's screen, I can eventually get the taskbar to take focus and then do whatever I want. The only way I found to negate the problem was to play in windowed mode instead, which I don't really want to have to do.
running in windowed mode is an easy workaround, so far havent had any issues with windowed mode
i like windowed mode more because it makes switching to different window a lot easier, especially since i usually run with 2 monitors
i have that issue too Snowy. I noticed it probably around i19 release actually. Just figured it was another windows feature.
Yesterday I was able to alt-tab out of City of Heroes. Today, the CoH display overrides everything but the task bar when I try to alt-tab. The ONLY difference in my machine from last night to today is the patch that was applied today.
System specs:
Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 (build 6002)
2.60 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded
Board: ECS Nettle2 1.0
Bus Clock: 201 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 5.17 08/24/2007
2424.50 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
2054.79 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L SCSI CdRom Device [Optical drive]
Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5
KINGSTON SNV425S264G SCSI Disk Device (64.02 GB) -- drive 1, SMART Status: Healthy
ST336032 0AS SCSI Disk Device (360.08 GB) -- drive 0, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 SCSI Disk Device (2000.40 GB) -- drive 2, SMART Status: Healthy
3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'A0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A4' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A6' has 2048 MB
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS [Display adapter]
Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n H9NLA01435, October 2006)
IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller (2x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
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