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. >> >> >> 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] > 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]
