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Article #82Re: Win-OS2 VDM chewing up cpu
From: peteln
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00
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In <3348421D.5F16@aljan.com.au>, Paul Arnott <parnott@aljan.com.au> writes: >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 I have this problem too but I found that it is diplay driver-related, the CPU load is almost 100% with an earlier driver, but the "stickiness" gone with a new driver. ======================================= �ڤ��R�ǦޡA�u�R�ۺq�СЧڬO�֭n�]�Q�^�^�k���x�M E-mail:peteln@hkstar.com�]���F���g���Aԣ���i�H�͡^
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 10a752,fcab1ed8086c719d X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: f4337,fcab1ed8086c719d X-Google-Attributes: gidf4337,public From: peteln@smtp.hkstar.com Subject: Re: Win-OS2 VDM chewing up cpu Date: 1997/04/07 Message-ID: <5iav02$3t3@capella.hkstar.com> X-Deja-AN: 231300333 References: <c0.9w.2FfLfk$01k@warped.connexus.apana.org.au> <3348421D.5F16@aljan.com.au> Organization: Hong Kong Star Internet LTD. Reply-To: peteln@smtp.hkstar.com Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc,aus.computers.os2