how make focus of a hyperlink from the background to foreground

[atq]

A new lab of vista computers with ms office 2007 is having trouble with
powerpoint hyperlinks. the links to a webpage only open in the background,
behind the presentation. You can't find them unless you use alt+tab or exit.
How do I make the hyperlink force the focus to the foreground.

 

[atq]

It is happening in Powerpoint and Word. Haven't tried Excel. The focus is
correct when the ppt is saved as a show. It is definitely not a double click.
Today the first time we used the lab, and it was the same on the whole suite
(image). New head of IT started end of last week, and brought him in, but he
hadn't seen this before either.
browser is IE7. Hyperlinks work okay out of pdf file.
There is no intranet running for the students (I am in a college of
education in UAE) at the moment. Haven't tried a ppt to ppt link yet, will do
so tomorrow, as with link to local html file. My own vista machine, and
another XP machine both running ms2007 are unaffected. Just seems to be this
image. I don't know yet who made the image or under what scenario but seems
to acronis based. (I have only been here a week and my first class started
today with a powerpoint tuition session that got rather messy :-( as it was
only the student lab machines that did it). A first I just assumed they were
clicking incorrectly or bringing the focus back to the ppt by clicking
elsewhere before IE opened. Alas no.
Thought it must be and office tweak that was needed. Thanks for you reply, I
will try to find out more of the parameters when I get a chance tomorrow.
Anthony

 

[atq]

Okay, ppt to ppt is okay. Just ppt to IE7 is still behind.
Excel also brings the page into the background on a single click.
Word does the same, ctrl-click (single) IE opens behind
Hope there is someway out of this.