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Give 16-Bit Apps Their Own Separate Processes

Overview By default, Windows XP will only open one 16-bit process and cram all 16-bit apps running on the system at a given time into that process. This simulates how MS-DOS based systems viewed systems and is necessary for some older applications that run together and share resources. However, most 16-bit applications work perfectly well by themselves and would benefit from the added performance and stability of their own dedicated resources.

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Publisher	VisualTweakXP.sytes.net
Live Date	15th May 2008 08:31 BST
Format	Webcast
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