I doubt it, I use Jaws and XP and am not experiencing the notepad issue.  I 
just installed 16 updates last Thursday, some of them were likely the 
updates you referenced.  I do not use Windows Live Mail but I checked on my 
XYL's Win 7 machine with Jaws latest update, and it appears to still work. 
(It still has some idiosyncracies seemingly inherent to Windows Live and 
screen readers).

But, if it just started happening, a system restore as Howard suggests could 
be a solution.  It may have been caused either by an update or some 
mysterious setting change in your system.


-- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 12:27 AM
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.