Okay Steve.  I think you got it right.  The 590 is connected via the U S B 
on the radio.  It works well now and for sure, I did make a big note of how 
to fix it but I think these boxes sometimes have a mind of their own, at 
least mine does hi.  Thanks for all your help, 73
Ed   K7UC

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From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 4:38 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Computer crash

> Glad it is working for you  Ed.    Make a note of how you got out of
> this, since it may happen again.
>
> Don't know if your 590 is connected via USB.  Just for the heck of it I
> checked both my Win 7 and XP machines.    If the 590 is connected via
> USB and the power supply is on (even with radio off), the USB audio
> codec for the 590 shows up as a sound device.  I think the only time it
> is a problem  is if Windows decides to make it the  "default" device,
> and jaws is set to use the default device. This is why I have jaws set
> on the XP and Win 7 pc's to use the onboard sound card/speakers and not
> the "default" device.
>
> I don't know why windows sometimes changes what it sees as the default
> sound card, but I've seen it happen sometimes after a reboot,   update,
> or some other system event.
> 73, Steve KW3A     .