I use standby mode all the time. It works for me 90 per cent of the time. When it does not, I may try loading Jaws using my hot key--Control-insert-J. OR: I will click on my personal profile then Minimize the desktop--windows key-M and by this time it usually starts talking. In fact, I can only recall once in the past 15 months when I actually had to restart the computer when in standby. I used to find when my wife was using her profile without actually turning the computer off--i.e. logging off my profile then logging on to hers that when I logged back onto mine that Jaws would often lose focus. I have found that unloading Jaws and reloading with the hot key has so far always resolved this issue for me. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx