Recently I started having some issues with the Cisco VPN client window not coming to the foreground. After some digging I found the solution.
Windows 7
- Hold the Alt key, press Tab key until the VPN Client window is highlighted. Release Alt.
- Hold the Windows key and press the right arrow key once. This should bring the window back on screen.
Windows XP
- Alt-tab to the Cisco window2.
- Press Alt+Space.
- Press M.
- Press any Arrow key.
- Move the mouse. The window position should now follow the mouse cursor.
Rick Donato is a Network Automation Architect/Evangelist and the founder of Packet Coders.
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