[NJTechDiv] still have the issue

Tue Jan 23 20:33:33 UTC 2024

Tracy, Ken, and whomever else would like to know, a hint or two if I may.

A more convenient way to open the Task Manager is to press the 
control+shift+escape keys.

Press shift+tab. JAWS will either say Process tab which means you are in 
the list of processes in which it'll be necessary to down arrow twice or 
thrice to checkout the list, or JAWS will announce a More details Button 
in which pressing the spacebar will expand the various tabs (navigable 
with right or left arrow keys) along with it's information.
Once the More details Button has been pressed, it should remain set to 
open after the Task Manager has been closed, and even the next time you 
should need to use the Task Manager.

-------- Original Message --------
From: Tracy Carcione via NJTechDiv [mailto:njtechdiv at nfbnet.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 1:11 PM
To: 'New Jersey Technology Division List' <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
Cc: carcione at access.net
Subject: [NJTechDiv] still have the issue
Hi Ken.

My best guess is some task is running in the background and slowing down
your computer.  I think you said you’d run an anti-virus check.  If not,
you should.

You could also do system maintenance by running a disk clean-up and
defrag.  You should be able to find both these tasks through the search
on your computer.  Hit the Windows key, and, when it says Search, type
disk cleanup, and, after that’s done, go back to search and type defrag.

If none of that helps, and it may not, then you can go to Task Manager
and try to figure out what’s happening.

Type Windows-x, and then arrow down to task manager and hit enter.

You will get a list of applications running.  Point at one and tab to
more details and hit the space bar.

Then either control-tab or plain tab until you get to the list of tabs.
You will be on the one called Processes.  Right-arrow to the next one,
Performance, and then tab back to the running task list and arrow down
through it.

It will show you what’s running and the percentage of your computer it’s
using.  Sometimes it read it to me, and sometimes I had to switch to the
Jaws cursor and see what the line said.

Then, if you want, you can tab to End Task and hit the space bar.  But
be cautious.

I just looked at this on my PC.  I had the tasks I expected, like Jaws
and Outlook.  I also had 48 tasks running in the background.  Most of
those are system tasks, and others I recognized, and still others I had
no idea.  I’m pretty sure that if you accidentally end something you
needed, you can restart it, but you may have to reboot to do it.

Anyway, that’s what I think and what I found out.  I’m running Windows
10, but I expect the process for Windows 11 isn’t all that different.

You may wish to find a pro to help you resolve your problem.

Tracy

*From:* NJTechDiv <njtechdiv-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Ken
Lawrence via NJTechDiv
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:24 PM
*To:* njtechdiv at nfbnet.org
*Cc:* Ken Lawrence <kenlawrence124 at aol.com>
*Subject:* [NJTechDiv] still have the issue

Hi list does anyone on list know why programs sometimes become
unresponsive and suddenly stop. A message like “winamp is not
responding, if you close the program you’ll lose data you have a wait
for the program to respond and a close.  This is what was happening
during radio shows and I made the mistake of taking the advise to
uninstall and reinstall station playlist. Now I’ve been off air for over
a week waiting for help in reauthorizing the software.  I have noticed
however winamp is also doing this and so is my Seagate hard drive it
will say not responding for a few seconds.  What is the cause of this.
I went through hoops with Microsoft accessibility telling me what I
already knew about what quick assist was boy do I wish more call centers
were American Huh?  They are getting very sloppy not training agents
that well Huh?  I can’t retart radio shows until I know station playlist
studio won’t do this again. It’s something on the computer.  I’ve
antivirus scanned and checked for file system errors so far nothing.
Anyone know what is the cause of such and such program is not
responding…  wait for the program to respond or close program.  I can’t
close station playlist middle of a show will lose my whole playlist and
get knocked off air and when program failes to respond I can do nothing
including open the mic to say there is a problem.  Baffled.  Is there an
alternative to Microsoft accessibility for issues like that?

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