How does one detect "Resource Leaks"

         Regards...Brendan


At 01:52 PM 1/30/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>For Win 9x, yes, qualified.  Any icon uses some of the available GUI
>resources in Win 9x.  However, in the big picture, icons on the desktop are
>usually minor compared to other factors.
>
>Some of the biggest offenders in resource usage are
>1) programs that have "resource" (not memory) leaks,
>2) lots of installed fonts,
>3) programs that use "tabs" to allow quick access to different window views
>(i.e., Eudora) and
>4) programs that are just resource inefficient (i.e., Netscape 4.x and
>earlier).
>
>Windows NT based OS's (NT, W2K, XP) allocate resources differently and are
>not as easily affected by these problems.
>
>Doug
>
>
>At 1/29/2003 05:05 PM, Demetri Kolokotronis wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:44:28 -0500 Doctor Data <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>> > I often find the less stuff you have
>> > on your desktop, the better.
>> > Bill Ades
>>
>>Can you please explain? Do number of shortcuts on Desktop degrade
>>performance?
>
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