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To: Dave Hanson who wrote (1300)	6/11/1998 9:47:00 PM
From: Sidney Reilly	Respond to of 14778

Dave, I have 24MB of memory and run Win 95. I have run as many as 4 NS browsers at once, each with something different on it with no problems. I really don't know if I have version 3 or 4 though. Maybe 4. Bob

To: Dave Hanson who wrote (1300)	6/12/1998 9:51:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

I'm using Netscape 4.05. No, I can't use Gritch; I downloaded the Sun Java 1.1 but haven't had the guts to install it yet due to the dire warnings on the Sun website vis a vis NS 4.05. Someday maybe I'll have time to fool with that. When I open two Netscape windows I get two separate applications in task manager. I don't know that I've ever checked this before. Having said the above, I looked further, and in fact although there are two Applications listed in Task Manager, there is only one Netscape process. It looks to me that NS is opening more than one main window from a single process, which would explain what you are seeing. Of course some apps do insist on running only a single instance -- Word for example -- but they generally add more child windows to an existing main window. It looks like Netscape just adds more main applicaiton windows. This also tells me the Task Manager is showing main windows on the Apps screen without regard to processes. I suspect, but cannot prove, that NS contributes significantly to my periodic blue screens. There are certain suspicious apps that I always have running -- Netscape, Eudora Pro, and MS Access being the prime suspects. HOWEVER, my incidence of blue screens has gone way down since I put up NS 4.05 over 4.04 two or three weeks ago. Not conclusive, but when you find a fish in the milk can, it's a good bet somebody's watered down the milk. Some circumstantial evidence is pretty strong ... It's quite possible we were both seeing the same thing but showing up in different ways. Spots