But until Microsoft fixes the problem _ which, by the way, is not a factor in Windows NT or the upcoming Windows 2000, both aimed at corporate users _ PC makers should be more judicious in their use of background programs.
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It runs in the background ( along with another component of CleanSweep that watches for software installations ), and if you read these pages regularly, you know how I feel about background programs _ they are more trouble than they are worth.
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If, however, you have the active-matrix model, you can try turning off all the background programs _ virus checkers, etc . _ and reduce the number of colors in the display to 256 . ( Right-click on the open desktop, choose Properties, then Settings.
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Boyd started his broadcasting career at National Educational Television in New York, NY in 1961, beginning as a mail clerk, then production assistant, associate producer and eventually producer for News In Perspective a bi-weekly news analysis and background program produced in association with The New York Times and hosted by Lester Markel and Clifton Daniel.
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In the first column, I wrote that conflicts between background programs and other software can cause problems on a PC, and advocated that people run as " pure " a system as possible : ( www . chron . com / content / chronicle / tech / 99 / 02 / 12 / compute . html ).
