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==Availability== On [[Microsoft Windows]], an Xmouse [[Control Panel (Windows)|Control Panel]] applet was available as part of the Windows 95 [[Microsoft PowerToys|PowerToys]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrHwrGq70eAC&q=xmouse&pg=PA302|title=PC Mag|date=1996-09-10|publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc.|language=en}}</ref> used to configure focusing [[Window (computing)|windows in the user interface]] by hovering. On newer Windows versions, the behavior can be configured using [[Tweak UI]] or directly from the [[Windows Registry]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} The setting is also built into [[Windows Vista]] and [[Windows 7]] in the ''Ease of Access Center'' as "Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse",<ref>{{cite web|title=Make the mouse easier to use|url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/Make-the-mouse-easier-to-use|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=18 August 2012}}</ref> however preventing the activated window from moving to foreground can be done by using the relevant <code>SystemParametersInfo</code><ref name="SystemParametersInfo">{{cite web |url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724947.aspx |title=SystemParametersInfo function |publisher=Microsoft}} ''Windows Dev Center'' Microsoft.com Retrieved 16 March 2017.</ref> system calls in [[Windows USER|Windows' USER component]], or by configuring the [[Windows Registry|registry]].<ref>[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957204.aspx UserPreferencesMask bit 6] ''TechNet'' Microsoft.com Retrieved 27 July 2015.</ref>
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