Re: Stop and start Client Access from loading -- MIDRANGE-L

Gary--

>Does anybody know how to stop and start Client Access from loading
>startup programs in Win '95?


Attempting to short-circuit CA/400's memory usage is probably not going to
get you anything but trouble. At most, all four CA/400 background processes
use about 1.5mb of memory, but when file and/or print sharing aren't being
performed, these processes spend most of their time paged out of real
memory. Also, together the four processes use less than 500 bytes of USER
resources and zero bytes of GDI resources (compared that to the stupid MS
Office toolbar, which uses 1500 bytes or so of USER resources and at least
5800 bytes of GDI resources).

Windows System Monitor initially lead to lots of confusion about these
processes because it reports them all at 100% processor usage--all the time.
This isn't true, these processes don't use processor cycles unless they are
in use. See APAR  II10716 for details.

The real problem with these background processes isn't memory or GDI/user
resource consumption, but rather their conflicts with resources such as
IRQs, USB ports, and laptop power management. If you aren't experiencing
problems with these resources, don't worry about them. If you experiencing
these problems, its likely that you won't be able to CA/400 on your laptop
anyway.

As for the path statement, geeze, what are these boneheads thinking! What a
braindead scheme. Virtually no modern software today requires path
statements. None, that is, except for IBM software (VARPG, VAJava and CA/400
are better (and longer!) path makers than Hansel and Gretel left behind!).

If you're really determined to streamline CA/400 on your laptop, and are a
CA/400 licensee, take a look at the Express beta. Overall, its memory
consumption isn't much less than early versions of CA/400, but it doesn't
use the static processes the early versions do, either. The tradeoff, as
most everyone knows by now, is that Express also does not provide file
sharing or networking printing (gotta have NetServer for that with Express).

And (beating Jerry to the punch), alternative products such as Synapse's
Netwolf, Wall Data's Rumba or a plain vanilla TN5250 client such as what
Mochasoft or Distinct offers make great CA/400 alternatives.

The short story: You can probably figure out some schemes that push and pull
CA/400's configuration from your system (your REG file changes are probably
the best bet), however I'd bet you'd a cold frosty one the time spent won't
be the worth memory saved and the potential grief it causes.

rp



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