> On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Dolnik, Bryan wrote:
>
> > Win95 dial-up getting 'Could not negotiate a compatible set of network
> > protocols...' this is dialing into a PM2e (ver 3.3.2c1) and does not happen
> > all the time. Seems to only happen after multiple successful dial-ins and
> > disconnects.
>
> Our first recommendation when this happens is to reboot the system. All
> of a sudden it works again! <G>
>
> We've also found out that it happens less when the customers grab the
> Kernel32 Update from Microsoft's Windows 95 website. It fixes a memory
> leak while using Internet Applications.
>From the Microsoft WEB site...
--[Kernel32 Update] [IMAGEMAP] Kernel32 Update
Do not install the Kernel32 Update on the English Pan European version of Windows 95 or any other non-English version of Windows 95.
Kernel32 Update [Download Instructions] (Download: 290K, self-extracting Zip file, published: April 11th, 1996) 1. Create a temporary folder (directory) This update resolves a memory leak which on your hard disk. occurs when opening and closing a Socket 2. Click the link using the Windows Sockets API. "Kernel32 Update." 3. Save the file in Without this update, running a Windows the new folder. Sockets application over a long period of 4. In that folder, time, especially one which opens and closes a double-click large number of sockets, will result a krnlupd.exe to significant resource drain. This can cause install the program the Windows swapfile to grow very large, files. overall deterioration of performance, and over time, possible system instability. This update allows users to better run such applications for long periods of time without loss of system performance and stability, and without requiring users to reboot their computers periodically to free system resources.
Customers who need to run Windows Sockets applications continuously over long periods of time, especially applications which use a large number of sockets, will benefit from this update.
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