When running an Applet in Internet Explorer on Windows with JRE 1.5.0_02-b05, IE eventually hangs because it reachs the maximum GDI objects allowed per process.
This is a regression from JRE 1.4.2 and from 1.5.0_02.

The problem was already reported through the Sun Developer Network (Review ID: 679635).

To reproduce this problem, open the gdi-leak.html file in attachment with IE.
Then start the Windows Task Manager by pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del", and selecting
the task manager. Make sure that the "GDI Objects" column is visible. If not
go to the View menu, click on the Select Columns item, and select GDI Objects.

Notice that the number of GDI Objects for the iexplore.exe process keeps on increassing,
easily reaching many thousands, while with JRE 1.4.2 or 1.5.0_02 it does not go over
a fiew hundreds. IE eventually hangs when the number reaches 9999.

Thanks for your support,
Thierry