Microsoft KB Archive/905863

= The Private Bytes counter in Performance Monitor may continually increase when an ActiveX control is updated in an Office XP document =

Article ID: 905863

Article Last Modified on 7/25/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SYMPTOMS
Assume a situation where you are working with a Microsoft Office XP document that contains an ActiveX control. The Active X control updates the data that is in the control.

In this situation, the Private Bytes counter in Performance Monitor may continually increase. Additionally, if you close the Office XP document, the resources are not released.



CAUSE
This problem may occur because the Mso.dll file creates EMF files when the data is updated in the ActiveX control. Therefore, the path of each EMF file that displays the ActiveX control changes. These changes cause an increase in resource usage.



How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Office XP post-Service Pack 3 Hotfix Package that is dated September 6, 2005. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

905862 Description of Office XP post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 6, 2005

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

 Quit all Office XP programs. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

 On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key. Type GELPrefs, and then press ENTER Click the GELPrefs key, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value.</li> Type DisableBlipCaching, and then press ENTER.</li> Right-click DisableBlipCaching, and then click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.</li> On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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