On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 15:39:57 -0000, Brian J. Beesley wrote:
>If what you mean is, tap the screensaver API and make prime95 execute
>only if the screensaver is/would be active, then fair enough, I'll
>support that - provided it's an option. (This is rather similar to
>mprime running under linux starting & stopping depending on loadavg)
>
exactly. Such an option would be very useful for systems which are used
only once in a while, but when they are used, no resources should go to
prime95/ntprime.
>[...]
>Basically, what I'm saying is that your systems seem to be getting
>into a state they shouldn't, and I don't think Prime95/NTPrime is
>playing a part in this. You're seeing Prime95/NTPrime taking a big
>slice of CPU time on a system that appears to be choked up, but
>that's because it's about the only thing wnating CPU time left in a
>runnable state, not a result of the system being overwhelmed by its
>demands. In other words, Prime95/NTPrime is being blamed for a
>problem which would exist anyway. The problem needs to be fixed, not
>what is only a symptom of the problem, and very probably an
>incorrectly interpreted symptom at that.
>
I don't say that prime95/ntprime has a problem, just that it can
make (serious) problems on some systems and they don't go away until
it gets uninstalled. I don't think it has to do with a memory leak,
because if it comes to the point where the system is no longer
useable (for example it takes 20-30 seconds to start a program like
the NT explorer) in the majority of the cases the system is already
not useable directly after reboot.
regards,
Siegmar
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