Kellie, It appears that you have found the one single copy of the M$ operating system that allows you to run all of those programs smoothly. Or, you are somehow apartof an elite (yet fathomlessly secret) organization called "digiti humanorum." that conducts research and keeps man's faith in technocratic notions of machines' ability to do what they're told. Pratik Pratik Patel Managing Director CUNY Assistive Technology Services the City University of New York (718) 997-3775 ppatel@xxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kellie Hartmann Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 2:43 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kurzweil crashing was Re: Re: page breaks in text files Guido, I regularly run JFW, K1k, and whatever else is running, Outlook, Word, etc, with 128 Meg of ram. Granted I would like more, but it does work. The only time I get crankiness is if I scan a whole bunch of stuff with dynamic thresholding turned on. But of course if anyone happens to have a nice new computer sitting around which would like to find a new home I wouldn't be too proud to adopt... <lol> Kellie