A computer service specialist I know told me that even a busy desktop
(with background image), system sounds and things like automatic
update agents deprive the computer of resources everytime it's
booted. I have blanked my desktop and have removed many programs
from the startup sequence. It does in fact, help. Skype, AVG and to
a lesser
degree my N.D.A.S. (Net Disk) manager all consume quite a lot of
RAM...so I will try removing some of the less-essential apps from the
startup. Wish me luck!
Paul
P.S. Thanks to all for informative answers to my rather ignorant questions.
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At 02:46 PM 2/14/2008, you wrote:
>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
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> > Use the following form in order to contact the management team
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>
>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]
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>
>Visit the JAWS Users List home page at:
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>Address for the list archives:
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Visit the JAWS Users List home page at:
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