Tom,

Is this machine on a network?  Also, check Scheduled Tasks to see if 
something runs automatically that you don't know about.  Also, you 
might go to your desktop folder in either Windows Explorer or My 
Computer and check the icons whose hotkeys have disappeared to see 
when they were last modified.  Better still, fix one of them, make a 
note of when you did it, and check the date the next time you notice 
that key vanishing.  None of this will give you the complete answer, 
but you'll be collecting pieces of the puzzle.

Steve

On Friday 9/29/06 17:37 T Behler wrote:
>     Oooooopppssss:  I should have clarified the echo-link hot key!  HI!  HI!
>HI!
>
>This is interesting. ... The only thing I can think of is that the software
>package that I use on these computers comes from the University, and I
>wonder if they have some sort of an automatic function in their software
>that "cleans out the system" occasionally and messes with my hot keys.
>
>In answer to Steve's question, the dialogue box is always blank--says "hot
>key none".
>
>Like you, I can't think of a logical explanation other than something like
>this.
>
>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:09 PM
>Subject: Re: off topic: shortcut hot keys occasionally disappearing
>
>
> > Tom,
> >
> > Are you doing system restores that might bring back icons created
> > before you assigned the shortcut keys?  When you recreate the
> > sequence, is the entry in the dialog blank?  I can't think of any
> > other reason why the key assignments would disappear, unless you've
> > got something on your system that plays around with hot key
> > assignments, and I've never heard of that happening.
> >
> > By the way, for the on-topic police, the hotkey that disappears is
> > for EchoLink, right?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Thursday 9/28/06 21:31 T Behler wrote:
> > >Hi, all.
> > >
> > >This is really a strange question, and probably somewhat "off topic", but
>I
> > >guess the problem could just as easily happen with ham radio computer
> > >applications.
> > >
> > >I have noticed that, every so often, I loose a Jaws short-cut key
>sequence
> > >for a program in Windows XP, such as Microsoft Word, or Outlook Express.
> > >
> > >The problem is pretty easy to fix, since I just go in and re-create the
> > >shortcut key sequence again, but I'm wondering if anyone knows why this
> > >happens occasionally.
> > >
> > >For the record, I'm using Jaws 7.0 with Windows XP.
> > >
> > >Just curious. ...
> > >
> > >Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >