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Re: Win-OS2 VDM chewing up cpu

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From: Paul Arnott
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..
> 
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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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From: Paul Arnott <parnott@aljan.com.au>
Subject: Re: Win-OS2 VDM chewing up cpu
Date: 1997/04/07
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