How To Automatically Respond to Irritating Prompts and Popups

For Windows 7, 2008, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000

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PTFB Pro's auto-response feature can be used to help minimize the disruption and irritation caused by today's attention-craving programs. Tell PTFB what buttons to press and when, and you'll finally be free of your computer's nagging requests to check for updates, to change your default browser, and to make sure it's "OK" to do the very thing you've just told it to do. It is, in effect, a "don't show this again" option for the many prompts and messages that don't have one.

• Automatically respond to confirmation requests.
• Eliminate popups.
• Auto-fill forms.
• Quick & easy to use.

How to do it ...

Next time an irritating dialog or confirmation screen appears :

1. Open up PTFB Pro's main window by clicking on its tray icon
   
   
   
   
2. Click on "Single Press". The cursor will now change to a hand with an outstretched finger.
   
3. Move the cursor over the button you want to be pressed and click the mouse (If you want PTFB Pro to carry out a more complex task use the 'macro' option instead).
   
   
4. That's all there is to it!
   
   To put PTFB Pro to work, click "Start Watching", or press the close box in the top-right corner. PTFB Pro will minimize to the system tray and keep watch for offending windows and dialogs. When they appear it will handle them for you.
   
   When you record a new 'single press' (or macro) item, PTFB Pro stores information that uniquely identifies the window that you are acting upon. By default, PTFB Pro will run your new 'single press' (or macro) every time that window appears in the future. If you prefer, you can tell PTFB Pro to run your macro according to schedule, command line or even in response to a short cut key. You can also tweak a whole host of settings to fine tune your macro, and even configure the default behaviour for newly created macros.

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