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[Bruce Heimburger]

I have installed the kernel patch and still experience the problem!

Andy Goldberg wrote:
> 
> Isn't computer terminology strange?  Indeed, your browser was
> "arrested".
> 
> Ok, sorry--bad joke.  Here's the solution to the problem if you are
> using Windows95. So you don't have to spend your time mousing around at
> Microsoft, here is the URL for the appropriate Knowledge Base article:
> http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q148/3/36.htm.
> 
> According to Microsoft, "When you run a program that uses Windows
> Sockets in Windows 95, a gradual increase in the memory used by the
> operating system may occur over time, especially if the program opens
> and closes a large number of sockets. There is an error in the Windows
> 95 Kernel (Kernel32.dll) that prevents the proper freeing of certain
> small data structures associated with Windows Socket processes and
> allocated sockets. Over time, these small memory leaks can result in a
> significant loss of available memory.
> 
> Note that you can free the resources associated with a program by
> closing the program. If you quit and restart Windows 95, the memory is
> freed.
> 
> Microsoft has released an updated version of the Kernel32.dll file that
> corrects the problem described in this article. The updated file is:
> KERNEL32.DLL version 4.00.951 (2/2/96, 411,136 bytes) and later.  You
> can
> find the update at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/krnlupd.htm.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> --A