User Guide

6 Chapter 1 Setting Up the Product
Monitoring system resources
On Windows 98 and Windows ME platforms, HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX uses
a great amount of Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) and user resources. This
section describes the resource problem and how to mitigate it.
For more information, also see http://www.allaire.com/Handlers/
index.cfm?ID=21011&Method=FullKnowledge Base article 21011/a on the
Macromedia website.
Releasing system resources taken at startup
You can free up Windows 98/ME resources by preventing unnecessary programs and
processes from running at startup.
To release resources that Windows 98/ME takes at startup:
1 In Windows, select Start > Run.
2 In the Run dialog box, enter msconfig and click OK.
3 Clear the options that you are absolutely certain that you do not need, use, or
have. Record your changes as you proceed, in case you need to change back.
4 Click Apply.
For a useful description of memory usage on Windows 98/ME systems, see the
Windows 9.x System Resources article on http://www.windows-help.net/techfiles/
win-resources.htmlInfiniSource/a.
After reclaiming these resources, if you still encounter difficulties with system
resources, you might benefit from configuring the Resource Level Monitor.
About the Resource Level Monitor
The Resource Level Monitor runs in the background when you start HomeSite+ for
Dreamweaver MX and warns you when resources reach a critical level, enabling
them to save documents and close the application before a crash occurs. However,
the warning dialog box was not labeled with the application name, and users had to
edit the Windows registry to configure the monitor.
As a result, the Resource Level Monitor has been enhanced for this release so that the
warning dialog box includes the application name in the window title and in the
message text, to indicate that it is generated by HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX.
Also, users can now configure the monitor in a graphical user interface.
Note
You must have rsrc32.dll installed on your computer to use the Resource Monitor.
This DLL file comes from the Windows System Resource Monitor.