Start - Control Panel - System. Under the General Tab, you will find
details of the Operating System installed, and more.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
-----Original Message-----
From: vicki [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 December 2003 12:20
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Please help!
Another question is where do you go to find out whether you have XP pro,
or XP Home. Can some one tell me that? I am getting frustrated with t
his.
----- Original Message -----
From: "vicki" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: Please help!
I am having a problem with my JAWS. First of all, my Desktop is always
on top, and I cannot get it to not show up until I hit the focus keys,
windows M. Also, JAWS will not come on to my task bar. How do I fix
this problem?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Hedgpeth" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: JFW 5.0 vs. NVidia driver... Please help!
Becky, this isn't all that unusual for JAWS to give problems after video
drivers are change or even other system upgrades. What's critical is
that the very first thing you need to do after upgrading existing or
changing to a new driver / video card, is to uninstall JAWS and then
reinstall JAWS. Even though you did eventually do this, it sounds like
you may have done a lot of changes to your system before trying the
uninstall and reinstall.
The good news if you are running Windows XP Pro, not XP Home, You can
restore your system back to a prior date before you made any of the
changes.=20 First go to control panel, --> arrow down to System, hit
enter and do control-tab until you get to system restore. Check to see
if you have system restore checked. Get some one to help you with the
restore process after this point.=20 I hope this is some what helpful.
=20
s
Terri Hedgpeth
Student Support Specialist Sr.
Disability Resources for Students
Matthews Center box 87-3202
Arizona State University
(480) 965-1232 (v)
(480) 965-0441 (fax)
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From: VICUG-L: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Justin Philips
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:09 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: JFW 5.0 vs. NVidia driver... Please help!
If nothing works, I guess, you will have to re-install windows. unless,
of course, you have any backup>
Justin
On 10 Dec 2003 at 0:07,
Becky Caroline scribbled two cents' worth--JFW 5.0 vs. NVidia driver...
Please
help!--
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> Hi,
>
> I recently made the dreadful mistake of updating my 64mb ddr =3D
> GeForce3 ti 200 NVidia driver, which caused my Jaws 5.0 to stop
speaking =3D
> entirely. I tried to do a System Restore, (I'm running Windows XP
with =3D
> all the updates,) but this utility won't work anymore for some reason,
=3D
> keeps letting me go through everything fine, but once it reboots, it =
=3D
> tells me the restore has failed, regardless of the checkpoint I
choose.
>
> So I had a sighted friend go into the display settings and do a =
=3D
> roll-back under drivers and adaptor settings, which is where I'd =3D
> originally run the "update".
>
> Then we re-booted and Jaws put up a message that it wanted to =3D
> install "video adaptor, so we agreed and Jaws started talking once
more, =3D
> but not correctly.
>
> I've completely uninstalled JFW 5.0, erased the directory and
all, =3D
> then re-installed it, but I'm still having the same problem:
>
> My Jaws cursor will only let me "see" the task bar, nothing else. =3D
> Regardless of what other applications are active, and no matter how
many =3D
> times I try to route the Jaws cursor to the PC cursor, all I can see =
=3D
> with my Jaws cursor is the Start button, then Jaws and whatever apps
are =3D
> opened, and then the system clock.
>
> None of my Jaws settings have been changed, and when I ran an
older =3D
> version of Jaws, I got the same result. Judging by this, I can only =
=3D
> assume it's something that got changed in Windows itself when the =3D
> display driver got updated and then rolled back. (I'm assuming the =3D
> rollback was successful as Jaws did start speaking again, after the =
=3D
> video adaptor was installed. I did try un-installing the adaptor, but
=3D
> Jaws just stopped working again.)
>
> As you can imagine, this is exceedingly crippling for me, as I =
=3D
> can't use my screen review or mouse capabilities since my Jaws cursor
no =3D
> longer functions. I've already spent over an hour long-distance to =
=3D
> Freedom Scientific tech support doing some of the things I mentioned =
=3D
> above, but this is a habit I can't afford, and I'm thinking that this
=3D
> may be a Windows settings problem and not a Jaws issue at this
point... =3D
>
>
> Could anyone with any ideas, experience, or a good understanding
=3D
> and knowledge of Windows and/or Jaws please please contact me with
even =3D
> the simplest or craziest ideas of what I could try or where I could
look =3D
> to find any hints? I'd be exceedingly grateful! I'm quite desperate,
=3D
> as I'm home-bound and my computer is, well, my link to everything,
from =3D
> shopping for supplies to social contact. Thank you so much for
reading =3D
> all this and for any help you can offer.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> =3D20
> Becky
>
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> but I'm=3D20
> still having the same problem:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial
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> and no=3D20
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my =3D
> Jaws settings=3D20
> have been changed, and when I ran an older version of Jaws, I got the
=3D
> same=3D20
> result. Judging by this, I can only assume it's something that
got =3D
> changed=3D20
> in Windows itself when the display driver got updated and then rolled
=3D
> back. (I'm=3D20
> assuming the rollback was successful as Jaws did start speaking again,
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=3D
> mouse=3D20
> capabilities since my Jaws cursor no longer functions. I've =3D
> already spent=3D20 over an hour long-distance to Freedom Scientific
> tech support doing
some =3D
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> I'm=3D20
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> size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial
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anyone
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=3D
> and/or Jaws=3D20
> please please contact me with even the simplest or craziest ideas of =
=3D
> what I=3D20
> could try or where I could look to find any hints? I'd be =3D
> exceedingly=3D20 grateful! I'm quite desperate, as I'm
> home-bound and my computer
=3D
> is, well,=3D20
> my link to everything, from shopping for supplies to social =3D
> contact. Thank=3D20 you so much for reading all this and for any
> help you can =3D offer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial
> size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial
> size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial
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> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2> </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>Becky</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
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Justin
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