I would assume the memory footprint of each screen reader, when it isn't 
running, would be pretty small, although I think each screen reader has 
the potential to consume some memory even when it isn't running. JFW has 
a video interceptor, and I think Window Eyes has the same mechanism. 
NVDA, which I know you didn't mention, has a service that let's you 
access the Windows log on screen. You can always check your process 
table to see if anything from one of the other screen readers you're not 
using at the moment was running. I doubt these would add up to your 
performance problems with Outlook 2010 though, especially if you've 
already used msconfig to clean up the processes that were being loaded 
at start up. Did you also check your services?

Adding more memory is always a cheap and easy way to boost performance. 
Do you know if you're running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7? If it's 
32-bit, I don't think there's any reason to go beyond 3G or 4G. 32-bit 
Windows can't access more than ~3.5G. Do you know how much capacity your 
PC has?

For my part, I found a significant improvement in performance when I go 
up to that 3G level. I'm running JFW and 32-bit Windows XP. I've heard 
Vista and 7 have improved memory management, but XP and JFW definitely 
seem to like to have more than 2G.

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On 7/20/2010 2:01 PM, Jennie A Facer wrote:
> I'm sure it can, because I know jaws can be a memory hog.
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> Hello, all.  I have JAWS for Windows 11, WindowEyes 7.2, and System Access
> installed on the same computer - a Tablet PC running Windows 7.  Obviously,
> I only run one at a time, but I am wondering if the fact that three are
> installed could be affecting the computer's memory.
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> I am having problems, particularly with Outlook 2010, with the system being
> very slow.  I have 2 gb of RAM and have removed everything possible from
> MSConfig.
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> Could the multiple screen reader installations be an issue, or is this just
> a memory problem that will be solved when I get additional memory.  Thanks
> for your thoughts.
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