Re: JAWS System Dump File from Insert+Windows+F4

  • From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:19:51 -0800

MessageSmart,

"Or, am I missing the point here?"

No, everyone has a different opinion, and your perspective is just as valid.

Dave
Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording 
and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Smart Eze 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 06:40
  Subject: RE: JAWS System Dump File from Insert+Windows+F4


  But JAWS saying the percentages of the progress bar has been extremely 
helpfful to arithmetically know how much work has been done by the computer, 
and how much is still remaining.

  I am not so sure that the beeps can provide this kind of information.

  Or, am I missing the point here?

  Regards,  smart

    -----Original Message-----
    From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Farfar Carlson
    Sent: 15 February 2011 15:16
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: Re: JAWS System Dump File from Insert+Windows+F4


    Daniel,

    Good suggestion about a beep instead of number on the progress bar. Send 
that to suggestions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and don't hold your breath for a 
quick resolution.

    As to the keystroke, yes it's even harder on a keyboard that has split 
sections like the Microsoft Natural. But only used once in a while. It doesn't 
tell you anything, but it shuts down JAWS faster than any other command so you 
can try to launch it within a few seconds of performing those acrobatics.

    As to having an audible sound when using that command, again send your idea 
(I suggest separate messages) to suggestions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    Dave
    Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio 
Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Daniel McGee 
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 12:34
      Subject: Re: JAWS System Dump File from Insert+Windows+F4


      Hello Dave, Tom and Peter. Many Thanks for your comments. As long as I 
know that it doesn't take up too much space I will just continue to use Jaws as 
normal. WOW I must admit its a pritty cool keystroke though on the down side it 
does require some acrobatics. LOL I can do it no prob but what about thoughs 
who don't have that flexibility?Ah well I guess its not a keystroke that one is 
awear of. I mean I wasn't until today! I might give it a try when my computer 
freezes up again and see what happens. Idealy what do people think about some 
kind of sound letting one know that when you have done the action you know its 
done because you hear the sound. I mean if that's what it's for to "kill Jaws" 
then you might as well know because if the computer is in a state of being 
frozen then I know it sounds stupid and to me pritty obvious, but how else is a 
blind user going to tell that jaws is no longer running. If not by speach then 
by a sound if you follow my meaning. 
      What do you all think. Also I would like the idea of in a new future 
version of Jaws to have the abilty to beap progress bars rather then having 
them spoken all the time. Again what do you all think? Probably you all might 
think I'm crazy but I personally like the ideas myself. 
      Thanks 
      Daniel      


      From: Peter Holdstock 
      Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 8:10 PM
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Subject: Re: JAWS System Dump File from Insert+Windows+F4


      I'm sure they'll ask if they want them anyway and give instructions on 
how to get them.

      Peter

      From: Farfar Carlson 
      Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:49 PM
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Subject: JAWS System Dump File from Insert+Windows+F4

      Daniel,

      I sure don't remember, but someone on this list does know where it gets 
created. No, it doesn't take much disc space at all, and I think each iteration 
overwrites the previous.

      Dave
      Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio 
Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Daniel McGee 
        To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 11:29
        Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update 

        Hello Dave, not sure if you got my previous message so I will write 
again in case it got lost in the conversation or if anyone else can answer then 
please do. 
        When Dave was talking about the function to Kill Jaws, Jaws key, 
Windows and F4 you mentioned it creates a file that if sent to FS it can help 
with them in figureing out the problem that was happening on the computer at 
the present time when it wasn't behaving correctly. Well my question is: where 
can this fouldor be located if ever I wanted to send the file to FS? Also 
adding to that I know one wouldn't do the command unless they really have to 
but I was just also wondering do the files take up a lot of memory i.e. Hard 
dics space and finally Is it safe to delete if they built up over time? Would 
deleting them effect Jaws in anyway?
        Look forward to hearing from you or anyone else in ansering my 
questions. 
        Many Thanks 
        Daniel    

        From: Peter Holdstock 
        Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:08 PM
        To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update 

        MY pc at work is shut down every day. The fact I keep having a problem 
with word crashing at the moment doesn't help. Every time it brings up the not 
responding message jaws refuses to speak until I can get it off. Unfortunately 
narrator won't come up either and as usual most of our IT people don't have a 
clue about access technologies.

        Peter

        From: Farfar Carlson 
        Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:40 PM
        To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update 

        Peter,

        Happens to me about once a day, as well, and that's here at work. Still 
waiting an extra 20 seconds for JAWS to settle down and then reloading usually 
takes care of the problem, unless another application (usually Outlook) is hung 
up. then I use Narrator to uncover the culprit and close it down and then JAWS 
comes back up. Turn off Narrator and back to work.

        Don't often have to do a complete power-off shutdown, perhaps once 
every three weeks.

        Dave
        Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio 
Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: Peter Holdstock 
          To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
          Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 08:01
          Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update 

          Tried all that Dave. It's all fine on my home PC with Windows 7 but 
at work where we are running XP Pro sometimes I just lose it all together. Very 
difficult with my job as I'm interviewing people most of the day, need the 
computer, and because of the speed of the PC, network, security bits and pieces 
your talking about five or six minutes at least to get logged back on again, 
not to mention the work lost.

          Peter

          From: Farfar Carlson 
          Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 2:57 PM
          To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
          Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update 

          Peter,

          Wait 20 to 30 seconds after killing JAWS before attempting to load 
again. It needs to "flush" from the system.

          Dave
          Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio 
Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: Peter Holdstock 
            To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 06:46
            Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update 

            Yeh works for me too. The difficulty then comes when JAWS 
completely refuses to come back up again.

            peter

            From: Hamid Hamraz 
            Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 12:44 PM
            To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update 

            When Jaws freezes, i.e. Jaws key + F4 does not quit, I try the Jaws 
key + windows + F4 to force Jaws to exit. That usually works for me.
              ----- Original Message ----- 
              From: Yadiel Sotomayor 
              To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
              Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:54 PM
              Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update 

              ?When my computer freezes I always go to the task manager, 
processes and 
              press j for jfw and hit the aplication key. If I hear a sound I 
press down 
              arrow and hit enter twice to close jaws. Usually it works. 
However, 
              sometimes it doesn't. When that happens I usually wait for at 
least 5 
              minutes. I know it is anoying having a song playing while your 
computer is 
              locked up, but that usually means it is working and it is not 
completely 
              frozen. Once thanks for not waiting I crashed so bad my computer 
that I 
              needed to re instal windows.
              Clean instal through and through. I lost everything because at 
the time I 
              did not backup at all. I learned my leason that's for sure.

              --------------------------------------------------
              From: "Douglas Richard Dexheimer" <drichardd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:01 AM
              To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update

              > Actually I had several programs running at once--Firefox, 
Outlook Express, 
              > MSWord, Powerpoint, My Computer/Folder Options.  At one point I 
pressed 
              > Alt+Tab to changed the focus to another window and my Focus 
braille 
              > display and Jaws locked up; the music I had playing in Firefox 
continued 
              > playing.  I tried closing each of my apps one by one with 
alt+f4, Windows 
              > Task Manager, End Program (alt+e), shut down--but none of those 
steps 
              > worked; the music kept playing and Jaws remained silent, the 
Focus stayed 
              > on the same message. Finally I pressed and held the power 
button till the 
              > music stopped and my computer shut off.  When I pressed Power 
again to 
              > reboot, my computer started a vicious cycle of trying to Launch 
Windows, 
              > asking if I wanted to start in Safe or Normal Mode, then 
stopping and 
              > going back to the beginning of the bootup process, and the 
cycle just kept 
              > repeating--till I held Power to stop the computer.  With 
sighted 
              > assistance I located a message on the screen saying Windows 
couldn't start 
              > successfully, and apologize for the inconvenience.
              > The best solution is not having so many things running at once, 
and if my 
              > screenreader freezes or goes to sleep, and none of the graceful 
steps for 
              > shutting down works, call for sighted help.  The helper would 
be able to 
              > close or get things running with a mouse or by looking at the 
screen for 
              > any dialogs that are invisible or inaudible to me.  Obviously 
Jaws or 
              > Windows got tied up in knots due to the overload or multitude 
of running 
              > apps, and forcibly stopping the computer corrupted the version 
of Windows 
              > and made it inoperable.  I could have saved the day by just 
being patient 
              > and getting help from whoever had the time.
              > Thanks for the suggestions.
              >
              > Douglas Richard Dexheimer
              > Chief of Braille Productions
              > Born-Again Productions
              > The Friedman Place, Apt.308
              > 5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
              > Chicago, IL 60625
              > 773-409-6163
              > drichardd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
              > ----- Original Message ----- 
              > From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 10:41 PM
              > Subject: Re: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a 
JAVA update
              >
              >
              >> You probably pressed that key during a critical part of a disk 
drive 
              >> write
              >> operation. No way to really know and all I can suggest is that 
you listen 
              >> to
              >> your hard drive and make sure that it's not chattering when 
you press the
              >> power button.
              >>
              >> Dave
              >> Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my 
Audio
              >> Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
              >> ----- Original Message ----- 
              >> From: "Douglas Richard Dexheimer" <drichardd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              >> Cc: "Paul Kushinger" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              >> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 17:21
              >> Subject: corrupted version of WindowsRe: message about a JAVA 
update
              >>
              >>
              >> I too had to reinstall Windows on a new drive because my 
former edition 
              >> of
              >> XP got corrupted, due to pressing and holding the power button 
on the
              >> computer when my screenreader and braille display froze.  When 
I (via a
              >> sighted techie) installed a new version of XP on a new drive 
sent by my
              >> brother, all my old files and programs were on the old drive 
(which had 
              >> the
              >> former version of XP) but not the new one; a clean version of 
Windows
              >> installed with the programs transferred from the old drive, 
but none of 
              >> the
              >> old documents, emails, web browser favorites, Winamp 
bookmarks, etc.  The
              >> techie transferred all the files and programs from the old 
drive to his
              >> external thumb drive, then from the thumb drive to this new 
drive, but 
              >> not
              >> all of them got onto the new drive.  Tonight he hopes to 
reconnect this 
              >> old
              >> drive so I can find those old files and migrate them to the 
new drive.
              >> Programs can't install from an old drive to a new; they have 
to be
              >> reinstalled or redownloaded from scratch.
              >> Why would pressing the power when my screenreader freezes, and 
nothing 
              >> else
              >> I try works, corrupt Windows so it can't reboot anymore?
              >>
              >> Douglas Richard Dexheimer
              >> Chief of Braille Productions
              >> Born-Again Productions
              >> The Friedman Place, Apt.308
              >> 5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
              >> Chicago, IL 60625
              >> 773-409-6163
              >> drichardd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
              >> ----- Original Message ----- 
              >> From: "Alan Dicey" <adicey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
              >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:00 AM
              >> Subject: message about a JAVA update
              >>
              >>
              >>> Hello Cy and Friends,
              >>> Before I reinstalled Windows due to a corrupted version of 
XP, and
              >>> completely started over with a completely clean System's 
Drive, I had 
              >>> this
              >>> terrible problem all the time, even a couple times a day, it 
was so
              >>> terribly annoying.
              >>>
              >>> I must assume then, it is because some "Cookie" was deleted 
when the new
              >>> install occurred.
              >>>
              >>> I bet you are receiving this message because of some "Cookie" 
that got
              >>> onto your system.
              >>>
              >>> If you can find the "Cookie" that brings this message into 
your system,
              >>> and delete it, I am sure your problem will go away!
              >>>
              >>> With Best Regards,
              >>> Alan
              >>> Miami, Florida
              >>> Alan Dicey, President
              >>> United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA
              >>> "Yes, Blind and Visually Impaired People, Can, and Do, Play 
Chess!"
              >>> United States Braille Chess Association Home Page:
              >>> http://AmericanBlindChess.org
              >>>
              >>>
              >>
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