Oh, I think there's been a certain amount of "drift" in the topic. There are lots of simple ways the issue you mention could have occurred, even though we'll never know exactly.
I agree, rather than trying to give a program more CPU, I'd be wondering why it is sucking up all the CPU that it is. Complete CPU-hogs that actually get to a normal end are rare, in my experience. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN