Not that I know of. I'm not even sure how they'd implement it because freezing could be caused by anything from a bug in JAWS to a machine crash.
It would be great if FS could release one version of JAWS that did nothing but fix all (and I mean ALL) the bugs, but they'll never do it because it would cause their sales to plummet. Customers feel like they're getting ripped off if a software release has bug fixes without any new features. Incidentally, even the big guys like Microsoft have the same problem, and they have lots more resources than a company like FS, which is really small potatoes despite what most blind people think. Then too, Windows itself is a moving target, and the things that worked well even a year or two ago have changed, and the screen readers have to keep up. I'm not even sure if recent versions of JAWS will run on any OS before XP, and I know that version 16 won't even run on XP.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 23:43
Subject: Re: jaws question
> didn't FS put in an auto restart feature that will restart JFW after
> 60seconds when it freezes in the newest version?
> It needs to be rebuilt in a bad way. Buggy buggy buggy and getting worse.
> They used to be ahead of the curve, but have been playing catch up ever
> since about JFW5.0.
>
> Still the best screen reader ever made though and beats everything else out
> there hands down still...no, I'm not going to debate the cost element either
> lol.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 8:34 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: jaws question
>
>> You're exactly right, Colin. I got bagged a few times when I first =
>> started using JAWS, but quickly learned to assign a hotkey just in case =
>> I had to shut the program down and restart it. I used to wonder why FS =
>> didn't assign Ctrl+Alt+J; it seemed like such an obvious choice, but =
>> when I started running more than one version I figured out why.
>>
>> Right now, I'm playing with the new Beta release, so I like to keep the =
>> official version on the system just in case something malfunctions and I =
>> have to get back to a working version. I use Ctrl+Alt+J for the =
>> official version, and Ctrl+Alt+F9 for the Beta version. Nothing special =
>> about that second assignment except that the key wasn't being used for =
>> anything else. I wanted to use Ctrl+Alt+F12, but some other piece of =
>> software on my machine is already using that key, so I couldn't. I =
>> found that out in a hurry when I tried to assign the key and that other =
>> software started running.
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 19:38
>> Subject: Re: jaws question
>>
>>
>>> I'm so glad you said that steve, because I actually wrote two =
>> responses=20
>>> regarding no default hotkey, but figured I'd get the stink eye if I =
>> sent=20
>>> them...
>>> JFW, does not have, and never has had, a default hotkey set up. You =
>> must=20
>>> create it. For instance, what if you are running two versions of jfw =
>> on=20
>>> your computer, which one would start up with the hotkey if there was =
>> one?
>>> What if something else on your system uses Alt Control J, would JFW =
>> become=20
>>> primary or not? I have been running jaws since about version 2.0 and =
>> am up=20
>>> to 14 now, and have never seen a default hot key. I have made my =
>> hotkey alt=20
>>> control J many times, but it's always something I add and not =
>> something that=20
>>> is somehow programmed by default.
>>> Sometimes I have up to 3 versions of jaws on the system and have to =
>> create a=20
>>> different hotkey for each...
>>>=20
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 5:18 PM
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: jaws question
>>>=20
>>>> Butch,
>>>>
>>>> Actually, there is no shortcut key to start JAWS unless you make one. =
>> =3D
>>>> However, there is an icon on the desktop, and you can assign a =
>> shortcut =3D
>>>> key (usually I make it Ctrl-Alt-J as you suggest).
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
>>>> From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 16:38
>>>> Subject: Re: jaws question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Butch,
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>> If you run JAWS in the demo mode and shut it down or it times out, =
>> =3D
>>>> unless=3D20
>>>>> this has changed in later versions, you will have to reboot the =3D
>>>> computer in=3D20
>>>>> order for JAWS to run again for another forty minutes.
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>> The default hot key to start JAWS is control, alt, J
>>>>> all simultaneously.
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>> Howard #3, W A 9 Y B W
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
>>>>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 3:31 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: jaws question
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>>> Yeah, turn on windows narator by hitting windows key plus U.
>>>>>> Then find jaws on the desktop or jaws in the start menu and launch =
>> it =3D
>>>> that
>>>>>> way. Then, once jaws is loaded either turn on start jaws when =
>> the=3D20
>>>>>> computer
>>>>>> starts, or set up a hotkey via the desktop icon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73
>>>>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 2:06 PM
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Subject: jaws question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I usually use window-eyes, but I bought a used laptop for a friend =
>> =3D
>>>> who is
>>>>>>> sighted, it had a demmo of jaws on it which I turned off so it =3D
>>>> doesn't
>>>>>>> come up when he turns it on. Is there a short cut key or quick =
>> way =3D
>>>> for=3D20
>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>> to get it back running to I can check some things on the computer =
>> =3D
>>>> for=3D20
>>>>>>> him?
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>> 73
>>>>>>> Butch
>>>>>>> WA0VJR
>>>>>>> Node 3148
>>>>>>> Wallace, ks.=3D20
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>>=3D20
>>>>> ---
>>>>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus =
>> =3D
>>>> protection is active.
>>>>> http://www.avast.com
>>>>>=20
>>>
>
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