Offhand I would guess the limit you hit was VM. Iexplore is a pig, and 46 instances adds up to a lot of memory on a desktop pc. 768 - 128 for the OS would leave 640MB for the IEs. On a simple home page, XP-Pro IE seems to take about 13-15MB. 15*46=690. tim -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:58 AM To: Windows2000 Mailing List Subject: [windows2000] How many Internet Explorer windows? Hi all, I was troubleshooting a laptop with lockup problems, when I opened up 46 IE instances. It would seem not more than 46 IEs can be opened at one time. Is this hardcoded in some way?? I run win xp pro, the latest IE6sp1 and the laptop in question has 768M ram. Also when 46 IEs are open I can't get the My computer properties to open... Same problem on my stationary admin-workstation, except it has 512M ram and can only open 42 IEs. Has anybody else seen this? Not much of a problem really, thought it was a strange thing though. 8-) BW, Sorin # Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: http://www.farmfak.uu.se/organisk/ # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 >> 5 signals >> GSM # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46 (0)701-718023 # BMC, Box 574, Uppsala University Fax: +46 (0)18-4714474 # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b # # Public PGP key available on request. # # () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail # /\ ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm