Re: Running Jaws First...

  • From: "Hal Pearson" <hspearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:49:07 -0500

Hi Steve, thanks, that was it exactly. A bit of a complex fix for most
beginners, I think. My friend is the type who, doesn't want others touching
her computer, otherwise I would have made the change on her system. So the
hotkey method to start jfw was the best fix for her. But you refreshed my
memory by resending, thanks.

Hal



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Gomes" <finnygomes@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: Running Jaws First...


> Hi hal. When I had windows 98 se, I had trouble with norton because it
tried
> to start with jaws and the two of them got their legs and arms wrapped
> around each other's necks and I would get an illegal operation. here is a
> message I found from Walter Siren.
>
> Are you talking about ndetect?  If so, here are the instructions that were
> posted on the jfwlite list a while back.
>
> When we were first discussing this issue Suymantec, > suggested an
> alternative which appeared at the time to be preferable to  loosing the
> convenience of having jaws start before the login dialog appears. > I have
> slightly simplified the instructions that Norton gave and they follow.
First
> using startup manager or msconfig delete or uncheck the scheduling agent.
> the program name is mstask.exe.
>
>   then press the windows logo key followed by r and in the run dialog
paste
>  > the following line.
>
>   c:\windows\start menu\programs\startup
>
>   After the folder is located press alt+f then w for new. then press s
until
>   You hear short cut then press enter.
>
>   at the command line prompt paste in the following line:
>
>   c:\windows\system\mstask.exe
>
>   Tab to ok and press enter.
>   .
>
>   Tab to Finishh and press s enter.
>   Then the Norton program will start substantially after jaws and the
> problem should go away.
>
> Walter Siren
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Gomes" <
> finnygomes@xxxxxxx>
>
> To: <
> jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:55 AM
> Subject: detect
>
> > I keep getting this message when I start my computer. It says "detect
> > dialog. this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut
> > down." I hit the details button and it does mention something about a
dol
> > file. what should I do?
> >
> >
> >
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hal Pearson" <hspearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Running Jaws First...
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > A good friend of mine, who used to have Jaws run on startup, also uses
> > Norton anti-Virus. She is using dialup, and she'd often get a conflict
> > between jfw and Norton's live update, so I showed her how to set up the
> > hotkey, alt control I to manually start Jaws. I know there is another
fix,
> > but she is not adventurous when it comes to computers, so setting up the
> > hotkey to run Jaws is in my view, the best way to go in this case. She
in
> > fact doesn't mind having to hit alt control J anymore. I've forgotten
the
> > fix myself, but I have it saved somewhere.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 4:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: Running Jaws First...
> >
> >
> >> Hmmm, I never had a problem with that combo, but my old troublesome
dell
> >> piece of junk, if I had run jaws first checked on that one, it would
lock
> > up
> >> the hole machine, I forget what we had to do to get rid of that since
> >> it's
> >> been so long but I know we had to reinstall jaws and make sure I didn't
> >> check that when I tried it and I tried it again later down the road as
I
> >> learned tricks here and there and it did the same thing.
> >
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