I am no expert in this area, but Let me offer a few observations.
1. I notice that WordPerfect and one or two other applications on my
system are using larger numbers, according to Windows Task Manager.
2. while I seem to achieve a peak of 27,000k after an afternoon's use of
JAWS 8, it immediately goes back to 12,000 when I close JAWS and bring it
back up. I do not need to reboot to bring the number down to this level.
3. I also have JAWS 6.2 on my system. I closed JAWS 8 and brought up 6.2,
and yes, the starting count went all the way down to 8,000k. But if JAWS 8
has more power, wouldn't that difference be expected?
I ran this issue by a techy friend of mine who feels that even 60,000k,
reported on this list, isn't extreme.
I'm no FS apologist and I recognize that some JAWS users are experiencing
difficulties with Version 8, but I question whether these numbers are the
explanation. Or do they show the need for up-to-date hardware? If yes,
that raises legitimate questions about FS's concern for JAWS users who
cannot afford to keep up-to-date every time a new version of JAWS is
released, surely the majority or a very large minority of us. All I know
is that on the Dell I bought a year ago, I am not experiencing serious
problems with JAWS 8.
This is just an attempt to see if there's an alternative way of
interpreting the data everyone has been reporting. I don't know enough to
interpret it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobcat" <bobcat11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I am also finding memory usage increasing with Jaws 8. I also see cpu goes
from 01 to 15 and back to 01. I see my initial memory usage is around
25000 instead of the 15000 or so that others report. I use Eloquence. I
wonder if this makes a difference.
I will also report this to FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "RAWest" <rawest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: JFW 8 & a Possible Memory Leak Problem
I also tried this out and with just hitting the f5 key I found the memory
usage increasing.
I am going to unload jaws and restart it and check this out further.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Hansen
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:31 PM
Subject: JFW 8 & a Possible Memory Leak Problem
I forwarded my problems and findings to FS, and they can't seem to
reproduce this. So I'm hoping that one or more of you might be having some
of the same symptoms as well.
I'm using the latest version of JFW 8, and when I keep repeating the same
tasks over and over again, JFW seems to keep growing in memory.
For Example: If I start my system from a cold start and have JFW load
automatically where I'm at nothing but the desktop, and then hit
CTRL-ALT-DELETE and look at my list of processes, JFW is using 15472K of
memory. How ever, if I exit out of the Task Manager and then go right back
in without doing anything else, JFW is now using 15920K of memory. If I
repeat this a third time without doing anything else, JFW is now using
16192K of memory. After a fourth time, JFW 8 was reported to be using
16456K of memory. Again, this is without running any other apps, or doing
anything else with JFW. During a day of normal use, I've found JFW to be
taking up to as much as 60MB. of memory.
I'm also finding that if JFW is set to load on startup, then it usually
wants to use a minimum of 2% of my processor resources, but if I launch
JFW via my hot key, then it usually reports back 0% resources in use.
What got me looking into all of this, is that my system tends to want to
become a bit more sluggish as the day goes on, and I usually have to
reboot the system to correct this problem. I didn't find JFW 7.1 put as
much of a strain on my system as JFW 8 seems to do, and with a 3.4GHz.
Pentium D Dual Core processor, and 2GB. of memory, I wouldn't expect a lot
of sluggishness. I know that if I shut down JFW, then the system is a lot
more responsive.
Blessings,
Brian
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