Is that the max RAM the computer will support? WinXP only handles 3GB of RAM
but the extra .5 might help marginally.
Why is the page file so big? Have you tried letting Windows manage it?
Have you turned off all the Windows "look" stuff? Right click on my computer,
choose "properties", advanced tab, settings, "set for best performance".
Have you defragmented the hard drive recently? How full is the drive? Have you
tried breaking your manuscript into pieces? Word will use an obnoxiously large
amount of RAM when its got a big big doc.
Computers have come a long long way since yours was new, its probably not a bad
idea to upgrade. Even a low end workstation thats 5 years old (like the HP
XW8000 I'm using right now for instance) will have 2x the horsepower of your
machine...
The reason most PC people go to Macs is that they've never used a WORKSTATION
class PC. Its like the difference between a Chevy Aveo and a Camaro...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:36:57 -0500
From: "Bill Ringgold" <billr32...@comcast.net>
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: [MBZ] OT - A computer problem I can't figure out
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>From a longtime lurker - I am spending a lot of time doing research and
writing these days, and I am having a computer problem that I do not
understand and hopefully one of you can offer some insight.
I have an old Dell desktop computer [it was free], Pentium 4 CPU, 2.8Ghz,
2.49 GB of Ram, running a legal XP Professional with Service Pack 3. Paging
file is 4,000 MB.
Things go pretty well until I am using my Dragon Naturally Speaking, version
10 [Gerry inspired me] to edit and add text to my manuscript [180 pages, MS
Word 2007]. It usually is fast and pretty accurate until I stop for a
moment to do something else, and then it frequently starts to have long
pauses, most of the time followed by a message that it is recovering from
low system resources. It will freeze up for a minute and then type what I
have said. If I have gotten impatient and moved using the keyboard it will
type what I said a minor two ago where ever I am the. I am well above the
minimum resources for the program, and often just close it out in
frustration and go back to my typing - but I do find the dictation easier
until is screws up.
I cannot figure out why the stalling and low system resources warning, and
am assuming I have some setting that is off, but not evident to me.
Anyone with ideas [presented for a moderate computer user level] to share
would be greatly appreciated.
Bill R
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