From: "George Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Bruce:
I don't think there is anyway you will be able to run win95, JFW, speech
synthesizer and IE with 16meg of ram. I am surprised you can get JFW and
win95 to run. I would think 32 meg would be the minimum you would need.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Coonce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 9:38 AM
Subject: A wierd Windows problem
>From: Bruce Coonce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Hi.
>
>I hope this is not too farr off topic. Hopefully, some of you can help a
>"low tech" person like me solve the mysteries of Windows.
>
>I have an "Arkenclone" computer at home. It has a Pentium processor. I have
>sixteen meg of Ram. I am running JFW 3.2 with Text Assist as my default
>synthesizer.
>I have tried several times to download and install IE 4.01Sp with no
>success. It probably relates to my lack of memory. Anyway, I tried again
>recently. The download went OK as far as I know and setup began. Somewhere
>in the process, Setup hung up. I rebooted, but setup apparently didn't
>finish. I assume that the update to the start menu shortcuts didn't occur,
>but I am not certain of this.
>
>Because I had the "Run JAWS first" option checked, JAWS still ran, although
>not with sound. I have an Alva Braille display, so I could still tell JAWs
>was running. The Start menu seems to be intact. I can go to "rograms" but
>when I try to run anything, I get an error message. I had a sighted friend
>look at the message, and it said something about a fatal exception. (Don't
>you love Microsoft's choice of words?)
>
>I thought there might be a problem with JFW, so I unchecked the "Run JAWS
>first" option and rebooted. I can go to the "Run" dialog, but when I type
>in the path name for JAWS, it won't run.
>The wierd thing is that I can run my shortcut to my Internet service
>provider. That's the only thing that I can run from the start menu.
>
>By the way, I am running Windows 95. I've had some problems in the past,
>and Windows has periodically been unstable. The best thing may be to
>reinstall Windowsz, but I don't look forward to attempting this.
>If I do have to reinstall, where would I find the required product ID
>number. Is it on the CD?
>
>Please forgive the length of this post. Any suggestions before I look for a
>repairman? Thanks.
>Bruce Coonce
>Student Development Specialist
>Office of Disability Services
>601 University Drive
>San Marcos, TX 78666
>Phone: (512) 245-3451 (V/tty)
>Fax: (512) 245-3452
>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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