updating the GUI, even under XP, requires locking access to the display, and it's one of the few areas where an application has to release control to let the rest of the system update.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Pentax Laboratory Batch Conversions > It's not just the ISV programmers, either. Microsoft themselves are > some of the worst offenders. For example, even with a dual-processor > machine, the Microsoft linker and librarian hog the machine worse than > a highly graphical, fast moving game.
