Filed under WTF?, this one is a goody.  I recently bought a new PC (which is really quiet and I need to write about it) and I installed Windows XP with SP2 and got it all patched up with something like 50-60 downloads from Windows Update and everything was good.  I thought so anyway.  I went to run something using the windows key + R combination and the trusty Run dialog popped up but I couldn't access it instead I had to click on it to gain focus.  What the hell?  So I tried to google on this phenomenon but no joy.  I finally recalled that this seemed to be an issues with Windows not allowing windows to grab focus.  So I downloade good ol' tweakUI and fixed it right up.

Sometimes the little things make all the difference.