Vantage and Internet apps

At 02:45 PM 11/20/2000 , you wrote:
>Our workstations (mostly Win95) are configured with both TCP/IP and SPX/IPX.
>If I start with a cleanly booted workstation, I can run Vantage ok
>(well, version 4 *is* a lot slower, but ....). However, if I send or
>retrieve my e-mail, surf the web, read any of the newsgroups, etc.,
>Vantage will now run VERY slow! The HDD in the workstation will
>thrash for a long time, each screen will draw very slowly, logging in
>takes several minutes, and the system is virtually unusable.
>Rebooting the workstation clears this up, though.

Sounds like you're just short on memory, or possibly one of the apps has a
memory leak? 32MB is generally bare minimum; if you have 64MB or more, NT
4 will likely be quicker. You should be running at least Win95-B
(OSR2.x) The "Winsock 2" package from Micros**t improves some TCP things,
too.

Setting up a permanent swap file, and defragging in Win9x will speed
things up nicely, esp if it's already thrashing on the swap file to
compensate for the lack of memory. You can do it manually, or get Norton
Utils (~$40) and let it do it.

>other workarounds other than rebooting (I have to reboot my
>machine several times a day)?

I've got a little Visual Basic thing I wrote that will cycle windows
through an as-quick-as-possible reboot , if all else fails.

-Wayne Cox
Maybe someone more versed on TCP/IP can answer this for me.

We run a mixed OS LAN, using both Novell's NetWare and
Microsoft's Windows NT Server. Our workstations (mostly Win95)
are configured with both TCP/IP and SPX/IPX. Each workstation
has access to the Internet for both e-mail and web browsing through
our DSL router.

If I start with a cleanly booted workstation, I can run Vantage ok
(well, version 4 *is* a lot slower, but ....). However, if I send or
retrieve my e-mail, surf the web, read any of the newsgroups, etc.,
Vantage will now run VERY slow! The HDD in the workstation will
thrash for a long time, each screen will draw very slowly, logging in
takes several minutes, and the system is virtually unusable.
Rebooting the workstation clears this up, though.

Is there *anything* in the TCP stack, or anywhere else, that might
lead to this? Has anyone else experienced this? Are there any
other workarounds other than rebooting (I have to reboot my
machine several times a day)?

Thanks in advance.

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Malcolm Spann
MIS
Malmberg Engineering
(925) 606-6500 x19
(925) 606-6505 FAX
Malcolm@...
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Sounds like a case of niggling to me. (microsofts term not mine). Niggling,
is an apparent conflict between operating systems where they jabber away
endlessly to each other. Microsoft recomends having all workstationgs with
the same operating system and the same service pack. In your case, NT
workstations (its way better then win 95 anyway, my opinion) and service
pack six.

Shirley H. Graver
Systems Administrator
Rubber Associates Inc. (Certified to QS9000/ISO9002)
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio



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