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    Can't tab back into game

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by SneffeL, Nov 27, 2010.

  1. SneffeL

    SneffeL Newbie

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    Hi,

    I just got my R2 the day before. It works great except that when i alt tab from the game, I can't tab back in. The screen flashes and goes back to desktop again.

    Game in question is L4D2 (Steam).

    Nvidia driver 257.30

    EDIT: I am gonna try with the latest driver 260.99 and update again. Does anyone know what's exactly the problem here though? Optimus? Win 7?
     
    SneffeL, Nov 27, 2010
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  2. Greywind

    Greywind Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's a steam bug or whatsoever afaik. Best decision is to use windowed mode, if you want to switch between windows.
     
    Greywind, Nov 27, 2010
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  3. SneffeL

    SneffeL Newbie

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    UPDATE: It was working fine whatsoever after a clean install of the latest driver until I rebooted. Now it's not working again. Sigh.
     
    SneffeL, Nov 27, 2010
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  4. Alienware-Joel

    Alienware-Joel Notebook Consultant

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    There used to be no problem, until they added the sacrifice. There's loads of posts on steams forums about the alt tab problem.

    I haven't checked in a while because the main fix back then was to use Windowed mode on full screen/ max resolution.

    It's pretty much exactly the same as full screen, and alt tab is so much faster which I prefer.

    Probably a fluke.

    If you want the official problem/reason/ if there's a fix. Type into steam the problem or google with the words "Steam" and it should link you too their forums.

    However if it has been fixed, feel free to post the link here :p
     
    Alienware-Joel, Nov 27, 2010
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  5. TalonH

    TalonH Notebook Evangelist

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    Tab back in and rapidly click, it should make the game stay on instead of going back to desktop.
     
    TalonH, Nov 27, 2010
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  6. Xsonic

    Xsonic Notebook Consultant

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    I had the same issue with Age of Empires III. Turns out I needed a reboot for it to get fixed. Now it plays wonderfully.
     
    Xsonic, Nov 28, 2010
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