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Can someone please explain how I get Dragon NaturallySpeaking to load
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1204993" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>It sounds like you are confusing hard disk space with memory. The two are different. Memory is the space that programs are loaded into in order for the CPU to actually run the program. Hard disk space is semi-permanent storage where things like programs, the operating system and documents/data are stored for the long run. Memory is purged each time you shut the computer down (or in your case, each time you shut the virtual machine down).</p><p></p><p>This gets kind of confusing when you run Windows in a virtual machine like you do with VMWare Fusion. It sounds like your computer has 2GB of memory. By default, I believe Fusion allocates 512MB of that memory to your virtual machine (which takes away that amount from the overall 2GB of memory when the virtual machine is running). </p><p></p><p>2GB is somewhat small when you're running a VM, unfortunately. I think the best thing for you to do would be to increase the memory allotment to Windows XP. 1GB should do the trick, unless NaturallySpeaking requires more than that (it's a possibility since 4GB+ RAM is more common these days).</p><p></p><p>What I would do is this - shut down the virtual machine completely (do not just close the window, which simply pauses the VM). Once it's shut down, click the Virtual Machine menu and go to Settings. From there, go to Memory and bump it up to 1024MB (which is 1GB). Start the VM back up and try again. See how that works for you.</p><p></p><p>If you need to allocate more memory to it, you would be well-advised to consider upgrading the installed memory in your machine, which (unless I'm getting the model wrong) should be capable of running 4GB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1204993, member: 24098"] It sounds like you are confusing hard disk space with memory. The two are different. Memory is the space that programs are loaded into in order for the CPU to actually run the program. Hard disk space is semi-permanent storage where things like programs, the operating system and documents/data are stored for the long run. Memory is purged each time you shut the computer down (or in your case, each time you shut the virtual machine down). This gets kind of confusing when you run Windows in a virtual machine like you do with VMWare Fusion. It sounds like your computer has 2GB of memory. By default, I believe Fusion allocates 512MB of that memory to your virtual machine (which takes away that amount from the overall 2GB of memory when the virtual machine is running). 2GB is somewhat small when you're running a VM, unfortunately. I think the best thing for you to do would be to increase the memory allotment to Windows XP. 1GB should do the trick, unless NaturallySpeaking requires more than that (it's a possibility since 4GB+ RAM is more common these days). What I would do is this - shut down the virtual machine completely (do not just close the window, which simply pauses the VM). Once it's shut down, click the Virtual Machine menu and go to Settings. From there, go to Memory and bump it up to 1024MB (which is 1GB). Start the VM back up and try again. See how that works for you. If you need to allocate more memory to it, you would be well-advised to consider upgrading the installed memory in your machine, which (unless I'm getting the model wrong) should be capable of running 4GB. [/QUOTE]
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