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[WriteLog] Win ME and throughput

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Subject: [WriteLog] Win ME and throughput
From: w4atl@arrl.net (Sherman Banks (W4ATL))
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:55:14 -0500
I agree.  I saw slowdowns using Win 98 during my major effort during SS
phone & CW.  I do not notice it during small contests that I participate in
part-time.  I don't want to go to XP since I need LPT keying.

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gerry Hull
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:25 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Win ME and throughput


I have noticed same problem on 10.28C on Windows 98 & ME.  You won't
see the problem on NT,2000 or XP.

This seems to be a GDI/User memory leak.  On 98 & ME, no matter how much
memory you have, GDI/User memory is limited to 64K; this should not be
a problem, unless there is a leak.  I've not been able to track down
where or what is causing it, to report to Wayne, but certainly I've had
to restart WL a couple of times during a contest.  I'd ask everyone to
watch for it, beause it is there.  Just damned hard to pinpoint.

73,

Gerry, W1VE/VE1RM

> Have noticed an increasing number of posts about WinME bogging down using
> running WriteLog in a contest.  Some seem to attribute the problem to
> WriteLog when WinME may be the culprit.
>
> While not running stations fast enough at this station to notice it in
> WriteLog, I have noticed WinME bogging down during extended software or
> multimedia downloads, long periods of activity in UseNet newsgroups, and
> with some other MS applications.  Is this something peculiar to WinME?
> Didn't have this experience with Win95.
>
> Has anyone had enough experience with XP to notice whether this throughput
> problem is resolved in the new OS?
>
> Ed, W0VC
>
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