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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Charles Sandmann <cwsdpmi AT earthlink DOT net> wrote:
>>>> V2.03 fixed most, but not all XP problems. V2.04 is just more stable on
>>>> XP.
>>>
>>> Which XP problems aren't fixed in the latest v2.03 binaries?
>>
>> I have encountered mysterious hangup problems with V2.03, but not with
>> V2.04. (Hangup like in freezing or stop responding).
>
> Interesting.  I use many pieces of the DJGPP toolchain daily on XP and have
> never seen a problem.  But those are mostly simple utilities.

My hanging programs are networking programs involving real-mode
callbacks from a packet driver and no or very few DOS operations
although BIOS is called regularly. I have also seen it happen on very
CPU intensive programs.

I suspect (without any proof) that XP decides that the process need
not be scheduled any more. Why V 2.04 solves the problem, I have no
idea.