Window jumping in parallels

Good Day,
Have a nervewrecking problem.
Using 10.6.8 with parallels 6 and windows xp while i am in a programm, the window jumps into a blue-framed window that is not active.
click into this window lets it jump bach and active again - for a short while only. then again... like this joke with the voting - computer some years ago.
what is wrong???
wilfried in south africa

Look in the Parallels help menus in Parallels or on the Parallels site. Your question has nothing to do with Windows compatibility.
Once you get to the the proper menu item settings you will have a slider to increase/decrease the size. Just move the slider in the direction to increase.

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