I know all about the RAM and how to add more to my computer. The warning window made it sound like 'virtual memory' was actually a new thing or at least something vastly different. I have run some programs where I had to save and close the program then re-open in order to continue. That was until we upped the RAM. Thanks Greg and PhotoRoy. Shyrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Fraser" <Gregory.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: Photo Story 3 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:13:24 -0500 > > Your computer has physical memory called RAM. Lets say you have just > enough RAM to run Photoshop. You open Photoshop and your computer loads > it into RAM. Then you decide you need Photo story so you open that too. > Your computer sees that you are not using Photoshop right now so it > takes parts of Photoshop out of RAM and copies it to your hard drive. > Then it loads Photo story in the hole it just created in your RAM. If > you now go back to Photoshop, the computer moves part of Photo story to > the hard drive and moves Photoshop back into RAM. > > Virtual memory makes it look like you have more memory (RAM) in your > computer than you actually do. So you can see that if you run out of > disk space, you have also run out of virtual memory. On Windows you can > set the amount and location of your virtual memory in the Control Panel. > > You don't have to have more than one program running to run out of > virtual memory though and sometimes a hidden program or a poorly written > program may be using up all your memory. > > I would say do the old help desk standby 'reboot' and see if it works > better. Also check and see if your hard disk has lots of empty space. > You can also buy more RAM which will decrease demands on virtual memory. > > Greg -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
