Never tried the Watcher, so can't help there.
By your description, it's obvious you're using 95/98. And yes, I can see why you would need to reboot so often. Frankly, I would blame the Streamer, as, being one of the original alpha testers, I can attest to it being a poorly written program, a CPU hog, and memory leaker galore. I still don't think they have it right, as every so often I try it out, and it still sucks. Last week, you couldn't change the font sizes anymore. The choices were there, yet they didn't work.
That's my best guess on the culprit. By the way, I use NT, so that is probably the major reason I haven't experienced what you have.
ONE MORE REASON WHY YOU SHOULD SWITCH!!!!<ggg>
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