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Article #81Re: Win-OS2 VDM chewing up cpu
From: Paul Arnott
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00
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idiotxxx@mindless.com wrote: > > Whenever I close a Win-OS2 application, my system slows down to > a crawl. I have Watchcat installed and when I activate it, it shows > me the old Win-OS2 VDM is still running, and usually using between > 25-75% of my idle CPU. The system activity monitor also flatlines > at the top of it's scale. > Killing the VDM through Watchcat alleviates the problem. > > I've had a look through my win-os2 settings but I can't decide which > of the settings I should alter to correct the problem. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated > > Nev.. > > *** BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE *** > *** anti-spam email address *** > *** remove the "xxx" from reply-to address before replying *** I have this problem with Microsoft programs, like Excel 4. Once I got Lotus 123 V5, no worries. I've heard MS does this on purpose, but I can't be sure. Paul
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a752,fcab1ed8086c719d X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: f4337,fcab1ed8086c719d X-Google-Attributes: gidf4337,public From: Paul Arnott <parnott@aljan.com.au> Subject: Re: Win-OS2 VDM chewing up cpu Date: 1997/04/07 Message-ID: <3348421D.5F16@aljan.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 231187281 References: <c0.9w.2FfLfk$01k@warped.connexus.apana.org.au> To: idiotxxx@mindless.com Organization: OzEmail Ltd - Australia Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc,aus.computers.os2