Controlling Netscape helper applications

[Walter Giesbrecht]

We are about to set up a large number of public Windows-based workstations 
with Netscape, primarily to allow access to our web-based catalogue, but 
also to provide wider access to the Net within the library. All installations 
will have a number of helper applications (Panorama, Adobe Acrobat, 
telnet client) installed as well.

The question I have for you all is: how do we make sure that these 
helpers are shut down when no longer being used? One can imagine the 
effect on system resources of multiple copies of <pick your helper app> 
all sitting in memory. Is there any way we can (reliably) force the 
system to shut down all unused applications after a defined period of 
time? One of our technicians thought he heard of a way to use the screen 
saver to do this; do any of you know?

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Walter W. Giesbrecht               walterg at yorku.ca    
York University Libraries 
North York, Ontario, Canada