-Roger
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In testing recent portmidi changes on Windows, I crashed programs with
open MIDI input devices a number of times. In the past, this would
almost inevitably require a reboot, but I haven't rebooted once in
recent testing. This is a pretty strong indication that Microsoft fixed
their serious security hole (any user could crash the host OS). If so,
then there is no reason to include the pm_dll.dll, which is only there
to make a last-ditch effort to close input ports when a program exits.
This would simplify configuration and installation, but I didn't want to
be too hasty -- after all, this bug survived for years in WinNT, Win2K,
and WinXP. Is it really gone?
