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Already set that way I think, like this?

I want the window open all the time, I like to see the display of all the running computers all the time, that's one of the main reasons for having Boinctasks.

What is the filtering you speak of?

Since I removed the registry entries, it updates slower.  If I display one computer, it's per second.  Two computers and it's 2 seconds, and so on.  Doesn't matter which computers I display.

Total number of tasks displayed affects it maybe?  Two machines have over a thousand tasks (small Primegrid ones).  And those seem to make it slower, although they're the fastest machines, and one is this local one.

But it has stopped the focus stealing.

Could we have the percentage in brackets in the share column in the projects tab reflect only active projects, and not ones for example set to no new work?

At the moment, I can only use the lighter half of the colours for background in task view, or I can't read the text.

Ok I did that, it remembered all my computers, I just had to change minor things like colours.

I shall see if it still steals focus....

But I can't get it to update fast like it used to.  I put the update speed (settings, view, refresh rate) on manual, but anything under 4 seconds it just stays at 4 seconds.  I used to have it on 1 second.  I have a feeling I asked you this a long time ago and I had to override something somewhere.

It doesn't happen often enough for me to do any testing - it won't do it for 2 days, then the next day it'll do it every 5 minutes for an hour.  Which makes me think it's something in particular which is sometimes occurring.  Perhaps if it loses connection with a computer and reconnects?  Would that do it?

If I change that registry entry, will all the settings be lost?

In settings, notices, I have "hide notice after 3 days", and show alert is unticked.  Check for new notices every 30 minutes.  Would any of that cause it to change focus?

I have a browser/email program/whatever maximised on monitor 1, and I'm typing into it.  I have Boinctasks on another monitor, and it just becomes in focus.  It remains on the view it was on (tasks) and doesn't produce a dialog.

> There isn't a problem that I'm aware of.

I'm not sure why it even has the ability to do so.  Windows shouldn't let any program do that.  Surely you can find in the program where the command is to take focus and remove it?

>If you describe the problem, that would help. How is it stealing focus, what is shown, where is the new focus?

I can be typing say in this forum, boinctasks is on another monitor displaying the task list from 8 PCs, and nothing in particular changes to cause it to take focus, it just suddenly takes focus and I find the last sentence I typed has to be typed again.

> What version of BoincTasks are you using?

1.88

> In BoincTasks settings:
> 1) Rules, are there any rules present.

No.

2) Gadget, Show only over icon

2 seconds for 1 seconds, refresh every 10 seconds.

Still doing it, every minute.  Very annoying.  The program has a bug, please do not say to try workarounds.  Just turn off the focus stealing ability.  No other program does this.

Thanks, I'll try that.  Maybe it was the same one reminding me every half hour.

It seems to have calmed down.  Maybe I was annoying Boinc at the time by changing a lot of settings.  Then I get stupid notices about unknown apps just because that particular machine hasn't seen that particular one.

I've currently got a machine saying it will take 99 days to complete a task I know will be done in 8 days.  Hence panic mode and shut off all other projects.  ARGH!

The Boinctasks one goes bright orange, as others do to attract my attention when action is required.  But I don't know what Boinctasks is asking for.

Not sure what you're asking.

No, the rules are empty.