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Phys Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania Posts: 2603 Good Answers: 63	What The.... 11/02/2016 12:06 PM
	My work PC has 2 screens, ACAD Electrical 2014, Windows 7 Professional with Office. I noticed today that if I have ACAD open on the second screen, and move the cursor over the Outlook icon on the toolbar on screen 1 as if I am opening it (it opens on screen 1), ACAD disappears and my screen saver pops up on screen 2. It is like a toggle switch - move off the icon - ACAD appears - move onto the icon and ACAD disappears and screen saver appears. Not a problem, but a darn good what the heck is going on question. Any thoughts? (no - I don't know the answer) __________________ Remember when reading my post: (-1)^½ m (2)^½
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Kilowatt0 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth - I think. Posts: 2143 Good Answers: 165	#1 Re: What the.... 11/02/2016 1:34 PM
	Probably a setting or bug in Aeropeek. __________________ TANSTAAFL (If you don't know what that means, Google it - yourself)
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Phys Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania Posts: 2603 Good Answers: 63	#2 In reply to #1 Re: What the.... 11/02/2016 2:27 PM
	Sounds like a reasonable assumption as that is what Aeropeek controls. __________________ Remember when reading my post: (-1)^½ m (2)^½
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#3 Re: What The.... 11/02/2016 7:06 PM
	Think such oddities cropped up after XP. I use two similar setups at work (i.e. laptop with an external monitor in "extended desktop" mode). One is XP, the other Win7. The ext monitor on the Win7 setup often flickers on and off as I navigate on the laptop - something I don't get on the XP machine. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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Phys Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania Posts: 2603 Good Answers: 63	#4 Re: What The.... 11/03/2016 1:33 PM
	I think it has something to do with the screen saver. The trigger mechanism is true on any icon on my tool bar, not just Outlook, as long as it has an open page that is minimized. It is when I move from the program icon onto the minimized icon and temporarily fill screen 1 that the ACAD on screen 2 disappears and screen saver appears. __________________ Remember when reading my post: (-1)^½ m (2)^½
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