Re: [Blind-Computing] how much memory willwindowsxpactuallyrecognize?

2008-09-06 Thread Missy Hoppe
Of Missy Hoppe Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:48 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] how much memory will windowsxpactuallyrecognize? Hi! Bios and software such as cpuz recognize my full 4 GB of memory, so I'm 99% definite it isn't a hardware issue. The 2.5 GB

[Blind-Computing] how much memory will windows xp actually recognize?

2008-09-04 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hello, all. I'll try to keep this as short and simple as possible. I've got 4 GB of ram in my system. About a week and a half ago, my video card ended up dying, and I bought a replacement. My old card had 256 mb of ram on it, and the new card supposedly has 512 mb of ram on it. I had a company

Re: [Blind-Computing] how much memory will windows xpactuallyrecognize?

2008-09-04 Thread Missy Hoppe
will windows xpactuallyrecognize? XP home will handle 2 GB, the professional can handle 4 GB. David Ferrin - Original Message - From: Missy Hoppe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind computing blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:27 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] how

Re: [Blind-Computing] how much memory will windows xp actually recognize?

2008-09-04 Thread Missy Hoppe
-Computing] how much memory willwindowsxpactuallyrecognize? According to my information XP media center should pick up the entire 4 GB. David Ferrin - Original Message - From: Missy Hoppe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:38 AM

Re: [Blind-Computing] how much memory will windows xpactuallyrecognize?

2008-09-04 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! Bios and software such as cpuz recognize my full 4 GB of memory, so I'm 99% definite it isn't a hardware issue. The 2.5 GB is reported when I do properties under my computer; the whole problem is that I'm pretty definite it reported 3 GB before the video card change. I thought I made that

[Blind-Computing] changing video cards

2008-08-01 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! I'm pretty sure this has been discussed more than once, but can't remember any answers that may have been given, so I'll throw the question out to you all and see what happens. (smile.) For reasons too stupid and complicated to go into right now, I'm planning to change the video card in my

Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer slowed down drastically

2008-07-09 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! This might be a long shot, but I had a similar problem with my new computer about a year ago. If you have a creative sound card, you might check for a program called dllml. It slows everything down a lot, and from what I understand, Creative has done away with it now. Anyway, as soon as I

Re: [Blind-Computing] strange issue with youtube videos

2008-06-27 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! You might find it easier to add videos you like to your bookmarks list. That's the way I do it when there are videos I want to watch over again but don't have the time/energy to actually save their files. Good luck, and I hope this helps. Missy - Original Message - From: jason

Re: [Blind-Computing] AVG or Avast?

2008-06-14 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! I've just rejoined the list, so haven't been able to follow this conversation as much as I'd like. Is avast better than avg 8.0? I just downloaded avast, but haven't tried it yet cause on the hole, AVG seems to have served me well. What are the major differences between the two? Sorry if

Re: [Blind-Computing] About wireless speakers

2007-08-06 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! I'll try to get someone to tell me the manufacturer name of my speaker. it's a really generic brand, but as I said, it works great. The speaker itself runs on 4 C batteries, and the transmitter can either run on the provided AC adapter or on AA batteries; I don't remember how many batteries