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Alt+Tab during games w/ Windows 7

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Since I'v been using Win7 , I'v been having trouble with Alt+Tabbing during games :(

Say I alt+tab to my desktop while playing TF2,it can take up to a whole minute before it goes back to my game :x Its really frustrating when playing games that requires your constant presence (HoN/DotA/LoL,FPS,etc.)

I have 4G of RAM,so it should be plenty enough for run a game + browser + MSN :oops:

Any of you guys the same problem and found a solution?

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No.

Only game I remember alt-tabbing is BFBC2. It would go into windowed mode and run in the background.
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dom wrote:No.

Only game I remember alt-tabbing is BFBC2. It would go into windowed mode and run in the background.


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sounds normal for the most part.
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I barely get any delay when alt tabbing and i'm on a cheap shitty laptop.

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its just the resolution of the game i think.
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dom wrote:No.

Only game I remember alt-tabbing is BFBC2. It would go into windowed mode and run in the background.

that happens when i play bfbc2 too
but i play tf2 aswell, and everything is normal for me.. alt-tabing
aswell as other games
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Btw I'm not saying that I cant Alt+Tab,it just it takes forever to get back to the game once I Alt+Tabbed.
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i dont have that issue ethier, idk waht would be causing it :o
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its a valve thingy i think with your comp i just play windows mode on my normal resolution to avoid alt tabbing.
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Source is notorious for this.
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