[THIN] Re: Applications polling HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\Compatibility\Applications excessively

It's a port of an ssh program (putty)..... (can't mention the real name due
to legal reasons)

On 5/9/06, George Yobst <george.yobst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

What's the app?

On 5/9/06, Michel Roth <mrdizzz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi List,
>
> I have an application that is polling
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal
> Server\Compatibility\Applications\*application name* 3
> times per second.
>
> Note that there is not an entry in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal
> Server\Compatibility\Applications for the application in
> question. It does not matter if I provide it with a dummy registry key
for
> that application, it just keeps on polling until the process is ended.
>
> My questions are
> * isn't polling the compatibility key 3 times per second a little much?
> * why is it polling that registry key (so much) in the first place ?
> * Do I need to put something in that key to keep it from polling it? If
so
> what?  (installing applications in application mode should take care of
> this?)
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Regards,
> Michel Roth.
>
>
>
>
>


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