[bcab] Re: Available memory.

Personally, unless the system is belly aching about lack of
memory, I'd leave things as they are.  However, if you
insist....

Press the Alt + Ctrl + Del keys together.  This will bring
up Windows Task Manager.

Navigate to the "Performance" tab.

Use the JAWS cursor to review this screen which will, among
many other things, tell you the Total Physical Memory, and
what is available.

This is a highly technical area, so please be warned.

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dorothy
Ingram-Gorban
Sent: 22 February 2007 16:17
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Available memory.

 Thank you Gulp! trying to understand. I asked as when I had
Lunar  put on 
my computer to enable JFW to work in Monochrome  because
Lunar will invert 
the screen. Tony  a Rnib Volunteer, now recently gone to
live in France 
said Lunar seems to use a lot of Ram, so I increased from
512 to 1 MBor Meg. 
Tony also said Messenger gobbles memory  and Windows
Messenger  don't bother 
with them. Recently when I upgrade to the latest Version of
Kurzweil. I 
listened to the tape  instructions and realised these voices
will need a 
good bit of memory. They are Powerful. Jaws also has some
powerful voices 
now. I think Tony said Kurzweil your OCr will not use
available Ram, I 
don't understand as I am moving in and out of both Jaws and
Kurzweil 
frequently but are both using Available Ram or not? Sorry to
be so dense. 
However how can I tell by looking at my computer the amount
of Available Ram 
I am using and the memory I have left. I do not store music
files and am 
using my computer simply have a  good few Photos people have
sent me not 
that I can see them well but I like to have  them Do they
take up memory or 
just Hardrive space. Dorothy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Azabat (Steve Crawford)" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:05 PM
Subject: [bcab] Re: Available memory.


> I'll have a go. The processor works with memory, also
known as RAM or
> random-access memory. Memory comes on chips and is
installed in the
> computer. It is mesaured in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes
and even 
> gigabytes.
> When you switch off the computer the memory looses its
information.
>
> Hard drives are storage devices. The processor cannot work
directly with 
> the
> hard drive, it can only execute instructions in memory, so
programmes and
> data get loaded from the hard drive in order to be
processed. Besides, RAM
> is much quicker than drives. Thus, you need an amount of
physical memory 
> in
> your computer for it to function. If you don't have enough
RAM you will
> either find that some aspects of programmes won't work at
all or that the
> computer slows down significantly because it is using
space on the hard
> drive to swap memory back and forward.
>
> The main confusion comes about because hard drives are
also measured in
> megabytes, gigabytes and even terabytes.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Dorothy Ingram-Gorban
> Sent: 22 February 2007 14:37
> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bcab] Available memory.
>
>
> Can anyone explain about  Available memory  for example
some of the new
> voices are quite powerful and I imagine in both JFW and
Kurzweil would 
> need
> plenty of  what you call Ram, I have never really
understood how to find 
> out
> the difference between available and other. does available
mean left over?
> If so how do do I find out what is left.
>
> I seem to recall something about Available being different
however, would
> Jaws 8 and K11 be using        'available Ram' and if one
is and  other 
> not
> can you explain  just what is using what.sorry  the
question is not set 
> out
> well, it was just that  these new powerful voices must use
more of
> something? Dorothy
>
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