I think the menu option to  specify which sound card jaws uses came in 
around version 10.   Check the jaws utilities  menu for the "sound card" 
option and select the card you want jaws to use..   I don't think XP is 
as screwy  regarding sound cards as Windows 7 is.


73, Steve KW3A

On 2/12/2012 10:21 PM, Harvey Heagy wrote:
> Here's a related question for you.  When I got this computer in 2006, when
> the tech installed it, I had it set so that Jaws would come through my
> monitor speakers, and everything else such as streams would come through my
> external speakers.  But when I installed an updated driver for my sound
> card, it routed everything to the external speakers, and it wouldn't let me
> do a system restore prior to that point.  If you know how to fix this, let
> me know.  I am using Windows XPS which is Dell's version of Windows Pro.
> 73.
> Harvey
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Forst"<[log in to unmask]>
> To:<[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Using USB Signalink Device With Windows 7
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> In JAWS go to the drop down menu: utilities/soundcard and select your
>> computer's onboard sound card as the one that jaws will always use.  It
>> is probably set now to "default", and when you plug in the USB device,
>> Windows  makes it the default and jaws trys to use it.
>>
>> If you set the menu setting as above, it will remain in effect, even if
>> the pc is rebooted, or the USB device is  plugged or unplugged.
>>
>> You can mess around in the windows sound devices  settings, but things
>> will change if you unplug the USB doo hickey.
>>
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
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