[Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

[Mike Freeman]

I think that's a Windows problem -- not necessarily a JAWS problem.

Mike

P.S. Up with OpenVMS

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 10:09 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

Myself, and my AT staff have found JAWS (recent
releases) to be somewhat unstable.  Lockups are relatively common, and if
anything it seems to be getting worse with each update.

Dave

At 11:52 AM 8/25/2012, you wrote:
>Hello David and everyone,
>
>     We're using JAWS 13. The problem is occurring in Windows XP and 7.
>
>Peter Donahue
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:48 AM
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>
>
>JAWS 10 was never designed to work with Windows 7.  This could be 
>causing some of your problems.
>
>Dave
>
>At 11:09 PM 8/24/2012, you wrote:
> >Ok. Phew! I'm not the only one experiencing issues with JAWS not 
> >responding. I think it's a number of things with my computer. #1. I 
> >have JAWS 10 on a windows 7 laptop. #2. I let a friend talk me into 
> >downloading all these different programs that will help speed up my 
> >computer. It helped, but started causing problems. It is quite 
> >frustrating to hear a chimed dialog box but nothing is said. The 
> >other day, as it was starting up, it had a starting windows repair 
> >window open saying not to turn off or restart the computer, but JAWS 
> >didn't say that. My 7 year old son read it to me and asked me if I 
> >wanted him to close the window. The computer would have been sitting 
> >here with that window open and I would have been getting upset and 
> >worried that my computer wasn't starting up properly. Right now, I 
> >have a window open for an adobe flash player update, but I don't know 
> >how to get to it. Occasionally JAWS will say, "update ready to be 
> >installed" and that's it. I have issues with Fire Fox as well. Every 
> >time I open it, I have to use the "alt tab" command twice in order to 
> >use the program. Sometimes, when I hit the applications key and 
> >scroll up to "send to," it will stop talking before or just after I 
> >reach it. IDK if there is an auto correct in Word 2007, but, I'll be 
> >typing along and I'll want to go back, re read what I just typed, and 
> >somehow my sentences were broken up and rearranged. It does it in my 
> >email as well.
> >I use Windows Live Mail because I don't know how to use gmail on the 
> >site. -----Original
> >Message----- From: Sherry Gomes Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:31 
> >PM To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing 
> >I'm tired of I have that happen a lot with internet explorer 9, and 
> >it is the application, not jaws, because when everything starts up 
> >again, there's a message saying internet explorer stopped working. 
> >Outlook too, oh man, it hangs a lot, just freezes and locks up the 
> >whole darn computer, particularly first thing in the morning. 
> >-----Original Message----- From:
> >blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman Sent: 
> >Friday, August 24, 2012
> >8:50 PM To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' Subject:
> >Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of Perhaps the application you're 
> >using has stopped responding for some reason. I find this happens 
> >periodically in windows 7. Mike -----Original
> >Message----- From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> >[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nikki Sent: Friday, 
> >August 24, 2012 7:27 PM
> >To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org Subject: [Blindtlk] One
> >thing I'm tired of     In the middle of a task,
> >command, or navigating the net, JAWS just stops talking, sometimes 
> >with a stutter or short muffle. IDK what it�s doing or why, but 
> >there are times when I end up turning offf or restarting. Sometimes I 
> >can get JAWS back on.
> >Any thoughts as to why this is happening?
> >_______________________________________________


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