Re: XP resource q: No more windows can be opened

I found out why I wasn't able to open more applications/windows, even
though I had plenty of RAM and swap.
It was the Desktop Heap. I made the below registry change and I no
longer have the issue.

Take a look at these links for reference:

http://blogs.msdn.com/tonyschr/archive/2005/05/25/desktop-heap-limitatio
ns.aspx

http://www.w-tweaks.com/html/xp-desktop-heap-tuning.html

(meant for a specific case -- but it's still the same issue)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;184802
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