Thank you Loy. I need any and all suggestions. lol Suzanne R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loy" <loyrg2845@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: [real-eyes] Re: PC slow and footpedal issue > > Your memory is low. You need to check and see how much your model can = > handle.and increase to at least 1 GB memory. You can do this by going to = > www.crucial.com and put in your computer brand and model and it will = > tell you how much memory it can handle. You can buy from them or any = > where you wish. > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Suzanne Rountree" <suzyq69@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "real-eyes" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:36 PM > Subject: [real-eyes] PC slow and footpedal issue > > > Hi again. > thought the list has been too quiet so have more questions.... > Here are the numbers I have but most dont' mean anything to me.=20 > XP home > pentium 4 > processor x86 > 1.99 gh > 256 mb ram > 27.5 g free space > 1.96 g virtual memory > 61.9 mg available physical memory > WE version 5.1 > using jaws 4.51, but have 5 and 7 demo on here. > Why would my PC be so slow? Also, is at it's slowest after launching = > OE. when I hit insert numb pad 3 i hear something like connected to = > pop.spamviper.com, scanning mesage 1 and gives a percentage, downloading = > message 1, etc. I am using the same ISP on this home PC as my work PC = > and that doesn't happen over there. Just puts the blurb at the bottom = > of the email I send sayin was scanned by spam viper. Could this be why = > my PC is so slow? As a message is coming in my PC is useless. Maybe an = > OE setting? > I don't have norton any more, just AVG for now. I don't usually run = > anything more than two applications at once, or maybe go to google to = > look something up for work. > > Even with OE not open, The footpedal stutters when I tap it to rewind. = > Like tapping four times should back up about four seconds but when I = > press to play it stutters four times very slowly before playing again. = > I am supposed to start new job next week and desperate to get this = > figured out. Is there any way to get things faster without bying = > another PC? I think this is a 2000 Dell 2500. > Desperately frustrated, Suzanne > This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net=20 > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, = > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes