Is it running vista though? as I said, the tech seemed to indicate this was a vista only problem, but didn't realize until I explained it to him, that with vista the devices actualy disappear from your device list when made inactive. Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) ________________________________ From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karl Smith Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:14 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: General Jaws Question I am surprised to hear this as I have a Lenovo X61 laptop and I turn the blue tooth and other radios on and off all the time and have never been asked to reactivate my JAWS. Karl ____________________ Karl Smith Access Technology Specialist Axis 4304 South El Camino St. Taylorsville, Utah 84119 Phone: 866-824-7885 Fax: 866-824-7885 E-mail: karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Life is one dumb thing after another....Love is two dumb things after each other. From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chip Orange Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 3:42 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: General Jaws Question just an fyi that I found the hard way, if it's possible for you to deactivate hardware temporarily, say turning off a wifi card, this will also trigger jaws to think you've got a different pc. this seems to be a problem mostly for laptop users with vista, as it appears hardware which is turned off under vista actually disappears from the device list because it's driver is unloaded. since I have a wifi card, a bluetooth card, and a hard wired ethernet option, jaws required me to activate *eight* different times to cover all the possibilities of hardware configurations!!! :( since fs will only give you 3 activations at a time, this took weeks to resolve. this is unacceptible to me as who knows where you might be when some hardware change happens to your pc; you may be away from the internet, or out of activations at the fs web site. ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) ________________________________ From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharon Hooley Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:49 AM To: Jaws Users Group Subject: General Jaws Question Hi! A computer guy came to my house yesterday and put in a DVD drive in for me, and may have reactivated my printer. Now, when I boot up, Jaws prompts me with "activation". How do I get that to stop? Thanks! Come inside where...Is it hot or cool? http://www.MyPowerMall.com/biz/home/52721 Sharon