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Re: Win-OS2 VDM chewing up cpu

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From: peteln
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..
>> 
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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

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.
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From: peteln@smtp.hkstar.com
Subject: Re: Win-OS2 VDM chewing up cpu
Date: 1997/04/07
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