[gui-talk] Windows 7 and total loss of sound

[David Andrews]

I have had Windows seem to loose sound too, however, it is usually 
that I have multiple processes going and the computer just bogs 
down.  If I wait a while it usually comes back.

Dave

At 10:01 PM 12/3/2011, you wrote:
>It would have been if all Microsoft developers were required to use screen
>readers and not permitted to use mice, but I much doubt a single Microsoft
>developer who worked on Windows 7 ever used a screen reader to develop
>software and maybe (a smaller probability) none of them know what a screen
>reader is or does or who would even have a use for a screen reader.  On my
>job, many has been the time I've talked to N.M.C.I. support staff who
>don't even know screen readers exist let alone anything else about them.
>When Jaws goes through the speaker phone into their ears though, they
>start to get an education. On Sat, 3 Dec 2011, Don H wrote:
>
> > I am running WE 7.5.2 on a Windows 7 64 bit machine and when I totally lose
> > sound the only thing I can do is reboot.  I can tell it is a total loss of
> > sound as I try to play a music file and get nothing.  Seems that this long
> > after the release of Win 7 this problem would be resolved.
> >
> > On 12/3/2011 9:37 PM, Humberto Avila wrote:
> > > I do also experience this problem on my laptop computer running 
> windows 7 64
> > > bit with JAWS version 12.0.  my issue isn't that major though. I can just
> > > unload JAWS by hitting the required keystrokes  and then 
> turning him back on
> > > with the hot key I've assigned to it, and sound works fine. 
> There are a few
> > > times where I do have to restart my computer, but other than that, it is
> > > exceptional.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Don H
> > > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 12:48 PM
> > > To: GUI Talk
> > > Subject: [gui-talk] Windows 7 and total loss of sound
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever discovered a solution to the total loss of sound with
> > > Windows 7?
> > > I believe this is a known issue with Windows 7 where sound 
> simply stops at
> > > random times.
> > > I have tried changing sound cards and making sure drivers are up to date
> > > with no improvements.
> > >