aiyup, seems lots more stable :D
After deciding to try TT today after a long hiatus, the beta came just in the nick of time to help me revise my opinion of the extra layer of realtime protection. TT as packaged with v16030 popped up a whitebox with a cancel button a few minutes after a reboot, chilled the inputs, stopped the clock (sound familiar?) and ungracefully died. As did the slow and fast reg options, although they were more or less graceful. The default reg option seems just right for me (P3 @ ~1GHz, 512RAM and of course WinME)
a) TTb-off startup stats - CPU idle 0%, Userfree 99%, pm used 35%
b) 'slow' reg - medium CPU bump, pm 74% `til about 9 minutes in (TTb died)
durations were odd, pm backed down about 2 min. before TTb terminated
c) 'hi' reg - very high CPU plateau, pm 42% `til about 10 minutes in (TTb died gracefully)
the very high 99% plateau lasted about 2-3 minutes, then a 3-5% idle
d) 'default' reg - low-med CPU bump, pm 43% and *stable*
decent and reasonable performance for realtime monitoring
Possible idea for 'nervous Nellies' - blue or other neutral 'blink-light' anim on traycon to show working status of silent mode (reassuring without alarming, it does the job you trust it with).
:bigthumb: Good Deal and hope the new improved TT works for others as well