Do you have a second internal hd in your box?
You can manually set the size of the swap file (virtual memory); the
recommended size is 1.5 times the amount of hardware RAM in your
system. however, this is a setting you should only takcle if you are
comfotable doing so and also know what you are doing. *g* If you set
this up wrong, your box might not boot anymore and that's something
to be avoided. So maybe you have a computer geeky friend to walk you
thru the steps the first time. Once you know your way aroudn the
settings and get comfrotable with it, this is not difficult at all
and i have manually been configuring my swap file for more than 10
years and going back to win 9x..
If you have a second physical hard drive in your box (an internal not
an external drive) you can further speed up your system by putting
most of your virtual memory on the second drive, preferably on a
partition of its own so the page file does not become fragmented.
Again, though, this is something you want to be sure you know what
you are doing so that you don't accidentally render your box inoperational.
If having the page file on a 2nd drive is not an option, there are
utilities out there that will defrag system files - and the page file
(virtual menory is such a system file) during bootup as they cannot
be accessed and defragged during regular windows operation because
they are in use then.
There are several good defrag programs available that have the option
of defragging system files at bootup. I like open source and free and
am using "ultradefrag" for this . And to get this back on course *g*,
"Ultradefrag" does work quite nicely with jaws. *smile*
Before changing settings, though, make sure your computer is running
at its best being properly maintained with regular spyware checks,
not running unnecessary programs and services in the
background, being defragged regularly, etc. and if you do decide to
monkey around with your virtual menory settings, be really careful,
create a restore point before you do, and preferably have someone
walk you thru the steps in the beginning. This said, I monkeyed for
myself but I have the luxury of having a fully sighted hubby who
saves my butt every now and then when I get in trouble. *g*
Good luck and safe computing!
Doris
At 07:47 PM 10/3/2011 -0400, you wrote:
Hi Trouble,
Here is what I have for my C drive:
Type: Local Disk
File system: NTFS
Used space: 52,663,865,344 bytes 49.0 GB
Free space: 67,301,842,944 bytes 62.6 GB
Capacity: 119,965,708,288 bytes 111 GB
With that many free space, do you think that I can increase the
virtual memory and doing so would it prevent the message from
appearing again? Here is what I found in performance under systen in
the control panel:
Virtual Memory
Drive [Volume Label] Paging File Size (MB)
C: 3072 - 3072
Paging file size for selected drive
Drive: C:
Space available: 67255 MB
I am aware that I cannot use anymore ram on my XP computer.
Thanks for any suggestions. It will be greatly be appreciated.
Take care.
Lennie
At 08:15 PM 10/2/2011, you wrote:
With 3 gig of ram you really can't add any more that xp will use.
Besides of cleaning out some on the task tray. You can also make
sure you have no programs in the background like virus, spyware,
backup, or defragger running. Another thing you can look at is how
much you have left on the c:drive. If you get low on space you can
see those kinds of messages.
At 05:32 PM 10/2/2011, you wrote:
Hi,
I am using windows XP with 3 GB ram with latest Jaws 12.
I was listening live to a NFL football game today on my computer
when I heard a sound, but it didn't sound like the sound you
get with a fatal error.
I lost Jaws and my wife told me that the screen stated a message
low on virtual memory. She closed the screen and after that I got
another message something to do with bector and Internet explorer
8 for which I have no idea what that means.
I don't recall any other problems with IE8 and I had only the home
page of the radio station and a second page for the audio opened.
For what it is worth, here is the URL of the radio station. When I
got the page, I pressed enter on listen live.
http://www.espn980.com/
Does anyone have any idea what caused the error and what should I
do? Even after my wife got me back to the desktop, Jaws was stilll
not talking. So, I aborted Jaws (insert key+Windows key+F4) and
use the shortcut key to bring back Jaws.
Any help and suggestions will greatly be appreciated. Take care.
Lennie
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