Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:41:06 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: ALT + TAB Freezes Program
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Hampton, Cartrell R wrote:

> When I press ALT+TAB to switch to something else, my
> program freezes, and when I switch back, it resumes OK. It could be a simple
> program that counts up to 1000 or something (just to give me a visual of its
> output). I have a 133 Pentium with 24 MB of RAM running Windows95. Does
> anyone know of a way to keep programs running in the background?

There is an option in the Property Sheets of the DOS box called
"Background: Always Suspend".  You need to uncheck it.  It's under the
"Misc" tab.