If the onboard video uses system ram, you can get funky available memory numbers like that. You need multiple cores and/or multiple processors for speech recognition to work smoothly. Windows is a resource hog, but pales in comparison to Dragon.
-Dave Walton On Feb 19, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > What Rich said and add more memory. 2.49 gig of ram just doesn't > sound right. Most computers of that vintage shipped with 512mb of ram > and were upgradeable to 2gb of ram. > > Rick > >> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:49:17 -0500 >> From: richthomas79td...@constructivity.net >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - A computer problem I can't figure out >> >> Is your hard drive near capacity? It might not have enough swap space. >> >> Do CTRL-ALT-DEL and bring up the Task Mgr, you can see what apps are >> using resources (Processes), and you can see memory usage (Performance). >> >> It might have a lot of crapware running and using up memory. You can >> check to see what is being started at startup by doing Start -- Run -- >> then type msconfig and hit enter. You can go in and uncheck startup >> apps, some of which might be completely unneeded but take up resources. >> >> --R >> >> On 2/19/2011 7:41 PM, Bill Ringgold wrote: >>> Corrected a few mistakes in typing [which is one reason I need the dictation >>> program]. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] >>> On Behalf Of Bill Ringgold >>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 7:37 PM >>> To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' >>> Subject: [MBZ] OT - A computer problem I can't figure out >>> >>>> From a longtime lurker - I am spending a lot of time doing research and >>> writing these days, and I am having a computer problem that I do not >>> understand and hopefully one of you can offer some insight. >>> >>> I have an old Dell desktop computer [it was free], Pentium 4 CPU, 2.8Ghz, >>> 2.49 GB of Ram, running a legal XP Professional with Service Pack 3. Paging >>> file is 4,000 MB. >>> >>> Things go pretty well until I am using my Dragon Naturally Speaking, version >>> 10 [Gerry inspired me] to edit and add text to my manuscript [180 pages, MS >>> Word 2007]. It usually is fast and pretty accurate until I stop for a >>> moment to do something else, and then it frequently starts to have long >>> pauses, most of the time followed by a message that it is recovering from >>> low system resources. It will freeze up for a minute and then type what I >>> have said. If I have gotten impatient and moved using the keyboard it will >>> type what I said a min. or two ago where ever I am then. I am well above >>> the >>> minimum resources for the program, and often just close it out in >>> frustration and go back to my typing - but I do find the dictation easier >>> until is screws up. >>> >>> I cannot figure out why the stalling and low system resources warning, and >>> am assuming I have some setting that is off, but not evident to me. >>> >>> Anyone with ideas [presented for a moderate computer user level] to share >>> would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Bill R > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
