mdbarriault

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ok. The 128k thing is visuals, and I believe that Win9x, ME, and 2K are the only ones limited to 128K. WinXP has more. And yes, having WB, OB, DX, and IP in the shell WOULD free up memory/resources. What WB and IP does is redirect the DLLs of the system's GUI. Having them be a part of the shell would make things faster. DX and OB, when perfected (OB has a problem with ToolTips), would make things better because right now, they cover up the taskbar and/or desktop. If they were part of the shell,

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Microsoft should completely integrate StarDock's programs into it's new versions of Windows. This would REALLY save on RAM used for their progs. I have ObjectBar, WindowBlinds, Norton Anti-Virus 2001, eBoard, SmartException, MouseSuite, SysTray, Resource Moniter, and Explorer (plus a few others in the bg) running with 71% resources free. If I got rid of OB, WB, and SE that would probably bring it up to 85% <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/surprised.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddl