[triger49]

Yo Tihiy,

Just wanted to encourage you on this project......I have been toying with this for awhile now.

I am noticing reduction in resource usage in programs that are normally real resource hogs....depending on what else is running, I have one program that simultaneously opens about 20 jet databases and It can range from 2% to 5% more available resources....I really did not expect this.

Thanks for all your hard work ....

Jake

[sparky4]

the program process explorer from system internals tends to use up the rescources each time you minimize and maximize

and some times, it uses up the resources completely....

alpha 1 did not help

although Opera runs much better!

keep up the good work!

This post has been edited by sparky4: 25 July 2009 - 04:10 PM

[Tihiy]

Okay, i've fixed crashing issues. Next alpha would be combined with RP9 (since it's not possible to hijack APIs once KernelEx is started, and asking you to disable both RP9 and kex is too much hassle).

The only thing that bothers me - no reports from DBCS 9x systems ITT.

[triger49]

Tihiy, on Jul 27 2009, 08:18 AM, said:

Okay, i've fixed crashing issues. Next alpha would be combined with RP9 (since it's not possible to hijack APIs once KernelEx is started, and asking you to disable both RP9 and kex is too much hassle).

The only thing that bothers me - no reports from DBCS 9x systems ITT.

Tihiy...what about uberskin?, does it need disabled?

oops....nevermind, I mis-understood your post....

This post has been edited by triger49: 27 July 2009 - 06:36 AM

[eidenk]

Graphic trash-up occurs regularly in Opera when running the expander. Usually affects the content of one tab only, or the content of one tab and the toolbar graphics. I am sure you are aware of it but in case you aren't give a whistle and I'll pass you some screenshots.

[Tihiy]

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I am sure you are aware of it

It happens when other app exits or all by itself?

[mcv93us]

My experience:
Install startrpx and gives me the error:

STARTRPX caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 016f:bff7ce80.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=016f EIP=bff7ce80 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=8171b3b0 SS=0177 ESP=0063faac EBP=0063fabc
ECX=ce3667a0 DS=0177 ESI=0000002c FS=28f7
EDX=00000000 ES=0177 EDI=0000000b GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
66 ff 40 02 c2 04 00 ff 74 24 04 6a 00 ff 35 04
Stack dump:
bff7daef 00000000 8171b3a0 0000002c 0063fae4 bff95a6a 8171b448 0000002c 00000000 00000000 8269f228 bfb7984a 0063fd10 00000000 0063fd90 004018f7

I use Win98SE, SP3.0b3, 98se2me.
I had previously uninstalled RP9.

My DLL version:
kernel32.dll v.4.10.2226
gdi32.dll 4.90.3003

Thanks for all your hard work!
Bye.

Mcv'93

[slhk]

Tihiy, on Jul 27 2009, 08:18 PM, said:

The only thing that bothers me - no reports from DBCS 9x systems ITT.

Confirm Alpha 1 loaded in Simplified and Traditional Chinese Win98SE (with KernelEX 4.0 Final). Opera resource usage was improved. There were crashes with IE

[eidenk]

Tihiy, on Jul 27 2009, 08:33 AM, said:

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I am sure you are aware of it

It happens when other app exits or all by itself?

Haha, interesting question. All by itself I would say but I may have closed apps before it happens. I'll try to browse the web without closing any app and will tell you if it still does occur in those conditions. Screenie in the meantime :



Generally I can get rid of toolbar graphics corruption by switching briefly to another skin but I can't get rid of tab content corruption even if I close the tab and reopen the same website, only closing and reopening Opera clears it all up.

[eidenk]

It does not seem to happen if I do not open/close apps while it is running.

[Tihiy]

Alpha 2
- Restricted extender to certain APIs to fix problems (with Flash etc.)
- Hardened handle validation.

Download:
http://tihiy.ahanix.org/rpXalpha2.zip
Alpha 2 installs on top of latest RP9 (RP9.1.0) and replaces existing RP9 "GDI Salvation" techologies.
Extract zip somewhere, right-click on .inf file and select "Install".

You can turn GDI Heap Extender on/off from RPConfig (it replaces GDI Salvation technologies).
Plus, this RP9 build fixes sudden-32-bit-icon-loss which turns to happen in out-of-ram situations.
(.vxd is required for this purpose)
This build has ClearType cut off.

Bear in mind - Alpha!
Uninstall with RP9 or by installing RP9 back on top.

In this build, i'm hunting for:
- Erroneous cleanup on program exit;
- Sudden locks/glitches/shutdown problems.

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 27 July 2009 - 02:12 PM

[eidenk]

Seems to play nice so far

[slhk]

Tihiy, on Jul 28 2009, 04:09 AM, said:

Alpha 2
You can turn GDI Heap Extender on/off from RPConfig (it replaces GDI Salvation technologies).

This build has ClearType cut off.

Alpha 2 runs on my Chinese Win98SE. Flash 10 is okay. No crash with IE. However after closing IE the Start button is corrupted. The bottom icons of "Wallpapers" in RPConfig disappeared. They re-appeared after closing and re-opening RPConfig

RPConfig shows version 9.1.1, but "Use ClearType" and "Disable GDI resource salvation" are still there. There is no option for "GDI Heap Extender". Is this normal?

[Tihiy]

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However after closing IE the Start button is corrupted.

Well, seems cleanup on exit is buggy... Too bad I almost never catch this.

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Is this normal?

Sure it is. GDI Salvation == GDI Heap Extender now.

[lama]

[eidenk]

eidenk, on Jul 27 2009, 05:31 PM, said:

Seems to play nice so far

I did not install it properly

After proper install, here are some issues I experience :

Icons not visible in Becy IconGrabber.

http://www.becyhome....IGrab230Eng.exe

In Explorer, icons with 2 or 16 colours are displayed instead of the proper color depth when executables contain them.

Corrupted systray icons.

Corrupted 7-Zip toolbar icons.

Gimp 2.4.7 and 2.6.6 crash on launch in gdi.exe.

Graphic trashup in Opera may still occur.

[mcv93us]

I installed the version Alpha2 smoothly.
Confirm corruption Start button and shutdown problem.
My initial resources:
USER 86%
GDI 94%
SYSTEM 89%
RAM 57%

After 10 minutes of use Mirc 6.34:
USER 81%
GDI 93%
SYSTEM 87%
RAM 44%
and Start button corrupted .

My PC:
P800Mhz, 128Mb ram, HD 25Gb.
Good job .

Mcv'93

[slhk]

"White Screen Of Death" upon shutdown - "Windows: A fatal exception 0D has occurred at 0167:BFF72911"

It is reproducible. Disappeared after Heap Extender is disabled

[eidenk]

The corruption of systray and 7-Zip toolbars icons is gone since I also installed the RP9 updates with the patched dibeng.

Graphic trashup in Opera always occurs shortly after I close my email client, an old version of Thunberbird (0.7).

The problem with some icons being displayed at the wrong color depth in explorer (lower than it should) occurs only when 32-bit mode is selected in RP9 config.

I've also tried to run Gimp 2.4.3 and it also crashes in gdi.exe whereas GimPhoto which is a customized and skinned version of Gimp 2.4.3 does not crash.

I still have the problem with no content being displayed in Becy IconGrabber.

Other than that zero incidence on system stability and nice little boost for both free GDI and User resources.

Perhaps I will manage to test the shutdown if I don't forget not to shut down the computer with the power button as I always do.

[Philco]

With GDI Extended (alfa and alfa2) and run Firefox 3.5:
Visual error on Microsoft Outlook Express - icons. (Black background).