On 13 Aug 2006 at 19:30, Tyler Turner wrote: > --- "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > None of that makes any sense. Why would an installer > > check the RAM > > available when it's *running* rather than the > > *installed* RAM? > > Perhaps you're right, though, if the system RAM > > grabbed by the > > onboard devices is showing up as unavailable. I > > don't know how those > > kinds of things work, since I'd never buy a system > > that is so poorly > > designed as to be using system RAM for those > > purposes. > > I believe if you look at the amount of memory reported > by Windows as being installed on the system, system > memory that has been dedicated to video will not be > reported. So a system with 256MB of Ram with > integrated video that uses 32MB from this will only > report that it has 224MB of memory. If the program > isn't installing and is reporting that the computer > doesn't have enough memory, this would be my guess as > to what's going on.
James has already reported that this does not apply to his system, that there are no devices utilizing system RAM, so it's not the reason Finale is refusing to install. I have no experience with such machines, as I would never buy one or allow one of my clients to buy one. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
