"being able to soak up (or block other processes from using) processor cycles "

If you have setup some web sites to be 'available offline' and want them to be 'updated regularly' - you will find that things will get clagged occassionally.... :-)


Netwatcher for Win98 is C:\WIN98SE\NETWATCH.EXE - the 98SE monitor (which allows you to se connection rate, etc) I mentioned above.