KRNLUPD.TXT                                                04/29/96

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/krnlupd.htm

1. Create a temporary folder (directory) on your hard disk.
2. FTP the BINARY  file KRNLUPD.EXE to a temporary subdirectory (folder).
3. Invoke Windows Explorer, point to that temporary subdirectory,
   and double-click the file krnlupd.exe to begin the update installation.
   Follow screen instructions. When done, delete the file krnlupd.exe.

PROSE FROM THE ABOVE WEB PAGE

This update resolves a memory leak which occurs when opening and
closing a Socket using the Windows Sockets API. This leak occurs
in the allocation and deallocation of the memory for the socket by the
Windows 95 kernel (Kernel32.dll version 4.00.950). This update
resolves this memory leak in the Windows 95 kernel.

Without this update, running a Windows Sockets application over a
long period of time, especially one which opens and closes a large
number of sockets, will result a significant resource drain. This can
cause the Windows swapfile to grow very large, overall deterioration
of performance, and over time, possible system instability. This
update allows users to better run such applications for long periods
of time without loss of system performance and stability, and without
requiring users to reboot their computers periodically to free system
resources.

Customers who need to run Windows Sockets applications
continuously over long periods of time, especially applications which
use a large number of sockets, will benefit from this update.