Exactly. So JAWS isn't the memory hog at all; it's the applications we 
use, as well as JAWS, that's impacting performance at startup.

Rick Justice 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.
>>
>>
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> 
> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at:
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