Hi,
we're experimenting with PWB on our terminal server (Windows 2003, Terminal services, 30-odd clients), we're a bit surprised at the amount of memory used by each individual instance of PWB, for pretty much all of our users PWB uses upwards of 30MBs of RAM (some even 70-80 MB). is there a way to make PWB work more efficiently on TS?
bert
PWB on terminal server
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It is the underlying Internet Explorer taking the memory. Typically Internet Explorer uses 30-100MB of memory when running.
PWB can tell IE to use less memory, which drops the IE memory usage from 30-100MB down to typically under 8MB. Set the following setting in your PWB INI file.
[Browser]
...
MinimizeMemoryUsage=True
...
This can impact the repeated loading of IE add-ons, such as Macromedia Flash, as IE will be unloading the add-ons when they are not in use, but it usually is not noticeable.
We run with this setting on our terminal servers and we have not heard any complaints.
--Scott
PWB can tell IE to use less memory, which drops the IE memory usage from 30-100MB down to typically under 8MB. Set the following setting in your PWB INI file.
[Browser]
...
MinimizeMemoryUsage=True
...
This can impact the repeated loading of IE add-ons, such as Macromedia Flash, as IE will be unloading the add-ons when they are not in use, but it usually is not noticeable.
We run with this setting on our terminal servers and we have not heard any complaints.
--Scott