Thanks for all the info, Howard.  That figures.  I'll go back one prior 
version or pray version 12 is released sooner rather than later or call jaws 
and ask them what in the Sam hill is the work around.

Phil.
K0NX



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: Off Top: notepad


> Phil, I took my own advice, and I found the exact same behavior with 
> notepad
> and jaws here.  Now, I ran the fourteen critical windows updates this 
> week,
> I think one of them mentioned notepad.  At work I have a windows 7 
> machine,
> after it's updates, windows live mail doesn't work at least with 
> window-eyes
> 7.2.  I used system restore, and went back to Monday, everything worked
> fine.  Re-installed the updates and windows live was broken again.
> Could the same process be going on with jaws xp and notepad?  If so, you
> have a few options.  Roll back the system, change screen readers for
> notepad, change editors, wait for a fix.  I wonder if others have updated
> windows and find the same problems?  system access to go is free, so is 
> text
> pal.
>