[bcab] Re: Available memory.

George No the system is not making a fuss it is just that on Jaws list Tristram said that in answer to a question it depended on the voices .so some voices must demand more. The part I really wanted to understand is this. Is Jaws and Kurzweil both using available Ram, or is it that if Jaws is using it Kurzweil is not? As for the system I have heard it say a few times "the memory cannot be read" now that is different of course but I wondered why it could not be read maybe too much Ram not being got at. I am not going to tinker about I assure you. Dorothy. Ps was Tony right Messenger uses a lot of memory and Windows Messenger? I am not using them but if I did. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:45 PM
Subject: [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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