IT>>> If you run the ping process at any lower priority than Time
 IT>>> Critical  (doesn't matter if it's Regular, Idle, or Foreground
 IT>>> Server) you'll  notice it stops while you're draging the window,

 JD>> You're misinterpreting what you see. Both ping and dir/s continue
 JD>> to run, it's just the display to the screen that is suspended
 JD>> while you drag the window around. For instance, even if you can't
 JD>> hear dir/s chugging away in the background, you can certainly
 JD>> 'freeze' ping for about five seconds, release the drag window and
 JD>> observe five lines instantly appear with normal statistics.

 IT>   Nope... checked it THOROUGHLY before I sent the message. If you start
 IT>   ping with the normal (default) priority, and drag windows around, it
 IT>   virtually stops! The five lines DON'T show up immediately when you
 IT>   stop dragging the window (remember, full-window dragging must be on).

I turned full window dragging on here (did not realize that it makes a
difference) and observed Ping and Dir/s both to continue running nearly at
full speed. I can make them a bit jerky if I drag very quickly all over the
screen. Perhaps your video driver is poorly designed? I have a Matrox
Millenium II running at 800x600x64k.

Jeff

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