Invisible wrote:

> 
> Right. And the virtual memory system will swap that out to disk since it 
> isn't being used. And, unless the program tries to "do" something, it 
> will never be swapped back in again. Should have no impact on anything.
> 

Just because the application is minimized doesn't necessarily mean it's 
doing nothing. Every windows program has a window loop. Messages about 
system status and the like are broadcast to all windows in the system 
occasionally. So, even if the program is idle, it will still have some 
minimal working set that must be loaded into memory, get a few dozen of 
these running in the background, and you'll eventually bring a computer 
to its knees.



-- 
~Mike

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