Chris, Consider this: For a blind user, one of the first thing that we load into memorey is Jaws so, given that, it's not Jaws that is stealing memorey, it's all of the other applications that we use. I have found that Jaws performs much better when a machine is running lean right from the startup. HTH, Richard Q. Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] [JFW] JAWS at startup
Hi, I should elaborate on my previous post. On my Vista laptop I'm running JAWS 9, and on the old XP laptop, which is now my friend's, it's running JAWS 8, both of which doesn't appear to cause memory issues. Paul Shallbetter wrote: > Group, > > I too have had JAWS (7.0, Win XP Pro) belch and die during > startup. I noticed that Skype and JAWS both come up at about the same > time. > > JAWS is a wonderful program, but IMHO is unfortunately a real > resource hog, particularly if one is using the Eloquence > synthesizer. My solution was to take Skype out of the startup > sequence, then start it manually afterward. Since doing that, JAWS > has had no problems loading/starting. Also, AVG and JAWS seem to > slug it out once in awhile, with JAWS usually ending up the loser. > > Am I wrong in describing JAWS as a "resource hog?" Does anyone have > actual stats on how much (i.e. what percent of) system resources JAWS > requires? Is there anything that can be done to tweak the memory > manager in Windows XP to accomodate JAWS requirements? > > Thanks. > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
