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JAWS 14 is not the most stable release that FS has ever offered. I
have seen many of the problems you mention, but not to the extent you
say. I am not sure there is a magic fix -- although you should talk
to FS support and get their advice -- after all you have paid for
support.<br><br>
A few things, make sure your computer has adequate resources, at least 2
gigs of memory, 4 better. Make sure Windows and everything else is
up to date -- a FS support person told me it is dependent on things in
Windows and things work best when everything is updated to most recent
release, windows updates applied etc. Then as usual, clean up
computer, get rid of stuff you don't need, run only what you have to at
start up etc.<br><br>
Dave<br><br>
At 05:58 AM 10/17/2013, Christine Szostak wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi All,<br>
Sorry for the non-directly list-related question, but I figured
this was still relevant to appear here.<br>
<br>
For my position at the university I am teaching in, I was given a
laptop that was originally running Windows 7 and Microsoft 2010. I have
since switched to MS 2003 Pro mainly because of my great familiarity with
it and ability to work more proficiently from it. Further, the laptop is
64 bit.<br>
<br>
Currently it has JAWS v14 installed on it.<br>
<br>
I am running into some very annoying issues with the computer and
my IT person and I can not figure out why they are happening. I was thus
curious if anyone here is running JAWS 14 and has had the below issues.
Note that I also had these issues with MS 2010 so this is not specific to
the current combination.<br>
<br>
Whenever I send an email through MSOutLook JAWS seems to either
freeze up or lose focus. Further, when I hit reply it also freezes up for
a few seconds (this happens really frequently). Also, many applications,
including but not seemingly limited to MS products seem to take forever
to load or freeze the computer up. Also, in my email, once the cursor
goes over a message, even if it is not opened JAWS stops indicating that
the message is unread. This is getting very frustrating and is losing
valuable work time.<br>
<br>
One of the reasons I originally switched from MS 2010 was that the
computer froze up even longer when entering an app (even if just
switching between apps on the task bar) and would freeze up when saving.
Note that the freezing can last for a few seconds to a length of time
where the only viable option is to do a hard shut down.<br>
<br>
Any thoughts would be incredibly appreciated.<br>
<br>
Have a wonderful and very blessed rest of the day!<br>
Chris<br>
<br>
Christine M. Szostak, PhD<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Department of Psychology<br>
Shorter University<br>
Rome, Georgia<br>
<a href="mailto:szostak.1@osu.edu">szostak.1@osu.edu</a><br>
<br>
If you are interested in a professional consultation for a vision loss
related issue see:<br>
<a href="http://findingthevision.wikidot.com">
http://findingthevision.wikidot.com</a></blockquote></body>
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