is there anyway to stop IE from stealing the focus? when im loading a page sometimes i will click away from it and then it will steal the focus and its extremely annoying... anyone know how to stop it?

Time someone slaps your hand for still using that POS! :unch:
Go to www.getfirefox.com !

Indeed, man...I can't imagine how some people can live using IE & Windows Explorer...it's like using a bike on the highway and wonder why everybody is passing by so fast

Anyway, let's help the man...if you really love IE and don't want to try "exotic" things like Opera or FireFox, I suggest to get an IE-based browser like www.maxthon.com or www.avantbrowser.com. They are both free and much much better than IE.

That's still the same crappy IE with a fancy dressing!

Basically, you're right, but they have a lot of functionality added too, like popup and script blockers, multi tabbed interface and more.
Better a bit better than worse

lol, yeah u guys are right i do already use firefox, but there's one thing i need to do on the internet that isnt supported by firefox so im stuck with IE on that... but i ended up getting Tweak UI from microsoft and it stopped IE from stealing focus... thanks!