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
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> Hi,
>
> I recently made the dreadful mistake of updating my 64mb ddr =
> GeForce3 ti 200 NVidia driver, which caused my Jaws 5.0 to stop speaking =
> entirely. I tried to do a System Restore, (I'm running Windows XP with =
> all the updates,) but this utility won't work anymore for some reason, =
> keeps letting me go through everything fine, but once it reboots, it =
> 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 =
> roll-back under drivers and adaptor settings, which is where I'd =
> originally run the "update".
>
> Then we re-booted and Jaws put up a message that it wanted to =
> install "video adaptor, so we agreed and Jaws started talking once more, =
> but not correctly.
>
> I've completely uninstalled JFW 5.0, erased the directory and all, =
> 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. =
> Regardless of what other applications are active, and no matter how many =
> times I try to route the Jaws cursor to the PC cursor, all I can see =
> with my Jaws cursor is the Start button, then Jaws and whatever apps are =
> opened, and then the system clock.
>
> None of my Jaws settings have been changed, and when I ran an older =
> version of Jaws, I got the same result. Judging by this, I can only =
> assume it's something that got changed in Windows itself when the =
> display driver got updated and then rolled back. (I'm assuming the =
> rollback was successful as Jaws did start speaking again, after the =
> video adaptor was installed. I did try un-installing the adaptor, but =
> Jaws just stopped working again.)
>
> As you can imagine, this is exceedingly crippling for me, as I =
> can't use my screen review or mouse capabilities since my Jaws cursor no =
> longer functions. I've already spent over an hour long-distance to =
> Freedom Scientific tech support doing some of the things I mentioned =
> above, but this is a habit I can't afford, and I'm thinking that this =
> may be a Windows settings problem and not a Jaws issue at this point... =
>
>
> Could anyone with any ideas, experience, or a good understanding =
> and knowledge of Windows and/or Jaws please please contact me with even =
> the simplest or craziest ideas of what I could try or where I could look =
> to find any hints? I'd be exceedingly grateful! I'm quite desperate, =
> as I'm home-bound and my computer is, well, my link to everything, from =
> shopping for supplies to social contact. Thank you so much for reading =
> all this and for any help you can offer.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> =20
> Becky
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I recently =
> made the=20
> dreadful mistake of updating my 64mb ddr GeForce3 ti 200 NVidia driver, =
> which=20
> caused my Jaws 5.0 to stop speaking entirely. I tried to do a =
> System=20
> Restore, (I'm running Windows XP with all the updates,) but this utility =
> won't=20
> work anymore for some reason, keeps letting me go through everything =
> fine, but=20
> once it reboots, it tells me the restore has failed, regardless of =
> the=20
> checkpoint I choose.</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> So I had a =
> sighted friend=20
> go into the display settings and do a roll-back under drivers and =
> adaptor=20
> settings, which is where I'd originally run the "update".</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Then we =
> re-booted=20
> and Jaws put up a message that it wanted to install "video adaptor, =
> so we=20
> agreed and Jaws started talking once more, but not =
> correctly.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I've =
> completely=20
> uninstalled JFW 5.0, erased the directory and all, then re-installed it, =
> but I'm=20
> still having the same problem:</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My Jaws cursor will only let me "see" =
> the task bar,=20
> nothing else. Regardless of what other applications are active, =
> and no=20
> matter how many times I try to route the Jaws cursor to the PC cursor, =
> all I can=20
> see with my Jaws cursor is the Start button, then Jaws and whatever apps =
> are=20
> opened, and then the system clock.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> None of my =
> Jaws settings=20
> have been changed, and when I ran an older version of Jaws, I got the =
> same=20
> result. Judging by this, I can only assume it's something that got =
> changed=20
> in Windows itself when the display driver got updated and then rolled =
> back. (I'm=20
> assuming the rollback was successful as Jaws did start speaking again, =
> after the=20
> video adaptor was installed. I did try un-installing the adaptor, =
> but Jaws=20
> just stopped working again.)</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> As you can =
> imagine, this=20
> is exceedingly crippling for me, as I can't use my screen review or =
> mouse=20
> capabilities since my Jaws cursor no longer functions. I've =
> already spent=20
> over an hour long-distance to Freedom Scientific tech support doing some =
> of the=20
> things I mentioned above, but this is a habit I can't afford, and =
> I'm=20
> thinking that this may be a Windows settings problem and not a Jaws =
> issue at=20
> this point... </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Could anyone =
> with any=20
> ideas, experience, or a good understanding and knowledge of Windows =
> and/or Jaws=20
> please please contact me with even the simplest or craziest ideas of =
> what I=20
> could try or where I could look to find any hints? I'd be =
> exceedingly=20
> grateful! I'm quite desperate, as I'm home-bound and my computer =
> is, well,=20
> my link to everything, from shopping for supplies to social =
> contact. Thank=20
> you so much for reading all this and for any help you can =
> offer.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Becky</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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