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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emoto
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 11:08 AM
> To: Dan Goldstein
> Subject: Re: FW: Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Pro Probs
>
> Thanks, Dan. I can definitely look at reducing bloat. Thanks for the
> link! As far as bumping memory, I can try, but getting these people to
> spend money is worse than pulling teeth. I don't have anything beyond
> the Task Manager to see what's running.
>
> I know that when apps crash due to resource problems, that they are
> likely to not do so gracefully, and that's fine. The thing that still
> bothers me, though, is that when I uninstall and reinstall AA, I do
> not get the buttons back in the toolbar. That smacks of some kind of
> registry nonsense getting in the way, don't you think?
>
> On 9/1/06, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > 1. Wouldn't hurt to put those 4 MB puppies on a diet. For Suzanne
> > Barnhill's basic guide to reducing "Word bloat", see
> > http://tinyurl.com/oj7nz
> >
> > 2. For XP Pro and Office 2003, I strongly recommend 1 GB RAM as a
> > minimum. This is the number that's usually flung around these lists.
> > There are those who do fine with only 256 MB -- more power to 'em.
> > But I'd go to a gig and see if that doesn't improve things.
> >
> > 3. Do you have tools to see what else is running on the PC while
> > you're doing this task? You'd be surprised what you might find
> > there in the background...
> >
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