Re: Type 2 crashes

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From: Will Mowat (willmowat_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/22/04

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    Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:49:08 +0000

    Dear JE, Thank you so much for the explanation. I never have Virtual Memory
    enabled: am I right in thinking it's a throw-back to when RAM was expensive
    so people used the hard disk as a cheat? Surely there's no reason to use it
    now (my RAM is 384 MB)?
    In the end an Expert said Word's instability with heavy docs is known and
    advised me to chop my one into segments. What does anyone reckon? Thank you.
    Will.
     
    in article jemcgimpsey-DE0119.10222420022004@msnews.microsoft.com, JE
    McGimpsey at jemcgimpsey@mvps.org wrote on 20/2/04 17:22:
    >
    > the "minimum" setting is the amount that the OS should reserve to keep
    > the core bits of the application in memory. The "preferred" memory
    > setting asks for more memory to allow the app to work efficiently.
    >
    > When Virtual Memory is enabled and an app is opened, the OS gives the
    > app as much memory as possible, up to the "preferred" setting. The
    > available memory will depend (obviously) on the installed RAM and VM
    > settings, as well as any other applications running. If the desired RAM
    > is not available, the OS looks for apps that have allocations above
    > their minimum settings, and swaps out the balance to the hard disk
    > (swapping it back in when that app is activated). The OS can't swap the
    > minimum amount, though, so if that's set too high, it will prevent other
    > apps from using that memory, which is why you should leave "minimum"
    > settings alone.
    >
    > 40MB sounds like a lot, but when you've take both pictures and the fact
    > that the printer drivers have to be loaded into application space into
    > account, it may be cramping Word. If you have the memory available, set
    > the preferred setting to 48MB (the amount I used to use for everyday
    > use), 64MB or even 128MB.

    > In article <BC5ACFF9.3129%willmowat@ntlworld.com>,
    > Will Mowat <willmowat@ntlworld.com> wrote:
    >
    >> iBook OS 9.2.2 Word 2001. I'm having major problems preventing me from
    >> working. The doc is a large (10MB) text doc with all kinds of photos and
    >> things embedded in it. The problem is that Word is frequently quitting with
    >> the Type 2 error. Sometimes I can get Word to run with the doc if I try to
    >> start it several times, whereupon it continues a bit longer before quitting
    >> again. Restarting the iBook makes no difference, nor does clearing the PRAM.
    >> Thinking it might be lack of program memory I have increased Word's memory
    >> to 40,960 (!), but it makes no difference. One possible clue is that Word is
    >> not very happy if it has to reorganise its pages and footers as a result of
    >> text being inserted and moving everything down (red herring?). Anyway, (1)
    >> can some angel help out here? (2) can someone give me a brief explanation as
    >> what this application memory does and how we are supposed to know what to
    >> set it at? Thank you. Will.

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