Re: Jaws 8, Spyware Blaster and AdAware

  • From: "George Marshall" <geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:06:01 -0500

Cheryl & others intrested below I have copied Walt Smiths instructions:
Donny and anyone else interested in this subject -

What follows is not trivial information and should be read completely before
starting to manually move customized files from an older to a newer JAWS
version. I realize that it's not going to make for the most exciting (and
maybe not even the easiest) reading, but it's absolutely essential
information and faioling to understand it and follow the instructions may
result in major JAWS problems.

Let's begin by defining some terms:

Shared files - These are the files that are installed whenever you install a
new version of JAWS. They are placed into a different folder than are the
user files and should _never_ be changed or altered. Similarly, the contents
of the shared files folder should never be changed in any way by either
adding new (third party) files or by removing files you don't think you'll
ever use. Doing either can break the installation or repair routines.

User files - These are any files you've changed using Script Manager,
Keyboard Manager, Configuration Manager, etc.; as well as any third party
files (files not supplied by Freedom Scientific). Any time you install third
party files, you must place them into the user files folder.

Okay, let's find the two user files folders first:

Note: it may be helpful to you as you proceed if you have Windows Explorer
configured to announce the full path whenever you change from one folder to
another as you'll be doing below. This is set by way of Control Panel>Folder
Options and is found under the View tab. The specific items are Display the
Full Path in the Address Bar and Display the Full Path in the Title Bar.
Both of these should be checked or indicated as "on."

1. Press Windows Key to get to the Start Menu.
2. Press the letter P to move to the Programs submenu.
3. Press the letter J to move to the version of JAWS you've been using--the
one whose files you want to copy.
4. Press RIGHT ARROW twice until you hear "Explore My Settings" and press
ENTER. This will open the user files folder for the source version of JAWS.
5. Now, repeat steps 1 through 4, except that in step 3, you want the
version of JAWS you just installed--the version to which you want to copy
the files.

Next, some general things to be aware of:

1. You should move any third party files of _any_ type (that is, any file
extension) that you find in the source folder. Third party files are files
that are _not_ part of the set of files that are supplied with the JAWS
package. For example, Ad-Aware, Nero, etc.; that is, files that you've
downloaded from somewhere else (like JFWlite.com) and installed yourself.
2. You are responsible for making any changes to JAWS-supplied scripts on
your own. Even if you used the Merge tool, it doesn't update script files,
so if you've changed something in Default.jss, Internet Explorer.jss,
Outlook Express.jss, etc., you'll have to make those same changes all over
again with the new versions of the same scripts. You should _never_, under
any circumstances whatever, copy entire JAWS-supplied script files (files
with an extension of .jkm, .jss, .jsb, .jsd, .jsh, or .jsm) from one JAWS
version to another. Scripts are unique to each JAWS version and cannot be
used across versions. As previously indicated, this may or may not be true
for third party script files, but when FS releases a new version of JAWS,
the scripts receive as much work and as many changes as any part of the
program, particularly those scripts for major applications like Outlook and
Outlook Express, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. This same
prohibition applies equally to configuration files (files with an extension
of .jcf): these should _never_ be copied from an older version of JAWS to a
newer one.
3. You must be aware that the names of some files have changed and that
because of this, you must rename them if you copy them. For example, in JAWS
7.0, files for Outlook Express were named Outlook Express 5-6.*, but in
7.10, the name was changed to Outlook Express.*. Similarly, the Internet
Explorer files names were also changed, but I think this took place between
6.20 and 7.0. In any case, the JAWS Merge tool does _not_ always catch these
name changes, so that's yet another good reason not to rely on it.
4. While you can move customized graphics files (with an extension of .jgf)
from older versions of JAWS to newer versions, don't do this when the new
version is 8.0. Beginning with 8.0, FS began to make some major changes in
some applications (Outlook and Outlook Express, for example) in terms of how
various characteristics (such as whether or not a message contains an
attachment) were recognized and announced and they're not relying on
graphics as much as they used to, so older .jgf files may not work as they
once did. If you have customized graphics files for JAWS-supplied
applications, try re-creating the graphics labels from the beginning if
you're working with 8.0.
5. As JAWS has evolved, some of the customized files found in the user files
folder have become supplemental as opposed to additive. By this, I mean that
in older versions of JAWS, if you created, let's say, a new dictionary
entry, the entire dictionary file was first copied from the shared files
folder to the user files folder and then, your new entry was added. Now,
_only_ your new entry is added to the dictionary file in your user files
folder and dictionary processing by JAWS uses _both_ the dictionary files;
the one in the shared settings folder and the one in the user files folder;
combining them into a single virtual file.

Now, let's select the files to copy:

1. In the Windows Explorer window of the _source_ user files folder, choose
all of the dictionary files. These have a file extension of .jdf. Use
standard Windows techniques to select the files one at a time or as a group.
Press CTRL+C to copy the file or files to the clipboard.
2. Now, use ALT+TAB to navigate to the Windows Explorer window of the
_target_ JAWS version. Press CTRL+V to paste the file or files you selected
above.

I think that's about it. I realize this is relatively technical and might
seem difficult for some, but it's the only way to safely move existing files
between JAWS versions.


George R. Marshall
geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryll" <cheryll@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: Jaws 8, Spyware Blaster and AdAware



Hi George,
How can I obtain those tutorials you mentioned?
Thanks Cheryl
----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws 8, Spyware Blaster and AdAware



Hi,
Thank you for the offer, but although I'm no heavy duty "power user," I'm
fine with copying scripts from one settings/enu folder to the other, without 
incident. All is well, now.
D.
----- Original Message ----- From: "George Marshall" <geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: Jaws 8, Spyware Blaster and AdAware


Daniel:
Yes you have to copy your Ad-Aware and any other third party scripts from
your JAWS7 to your JAWS8. Walt Smith wrote a tutorial today on copying such 
scripts, if you need those instructions let me know.
HTH,
George R. Marshall
geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:48 PM
Subject: Jaws 8, Spyware Blaster and AdAware
this morning, I attempted to update Spyware Blaster and also upeddate and 
run a scan with AdAware for the first time since installing Jaws 8 a
couple
of days ago, and I can't access either interface. Has this happened to
anyone else? Are new scripts needed, or do I simply need to find whatever scrip files I have in my Jaws 7 settings/enu folder for these programs and 
copy them into Jaws 8?

Thanks. And never mind what must have seemed a dumb quetion about how to
interpret the JFW memory usage shown by Running Processes. I guess the
question was so elementary that no one understood it, or something. A
friend
is coming by later to explain. He's an I T professional, although I know
you
don't need a degree in computer sciences to get this stuff, but whatever. He'll quickly see what it is I'm not understanding about the statistics in 
that window and set me straight.
But anyway, what's upwith Spyware Blaster and AdAware? Now that I think of 
it, I wasn't even aware that I'd ever gotten any scripts for Spyware
Blaster
in the first place. I'll look in that folder and see. Under Jaws 7, that
is.

Thanks.
; it's just that I have some elemuessRuinning , but I can't access either 
of
them alos run

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