What I was thinking is this. Say JAWS has crashed, or, like you said,
someone wanted to use the computer with JAWS turned off. Well, if you
restart JAWS in the normal way (i.e. from the original shortcut or
hotkey that the shortcut's assigned to), JAWS will load as an
application rather than a service. Now, if JAWS runs as an application,
it will unload during the shutdown service, meaning it won't speak
through the shutdown process. JAWS will also not speak when you're asked
for a password to log back into Windows or any other Windows-based log
on screen, such as the one that displays when you turn your computer
back on after a standby or hybernation procedure. If JAWS runs as a
service, however, JAWS will speak, even at the log in prompts and shut
down screen. So this is why I thought this tip would be very useful, so
that you can restart JAWS manually, and it will still speak the above.
Hope this clears any confusions you had.
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:12:08 -0700, "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
hello.
I'm not quite clear how this works. For one thing, I already have Jaws
set
to load on startup (isn't that as a "service?"). So, the only time I use
my
shortcut (actually, I tend more often to use control alt j and not the
icon,
because I don't need Jaws running to find it!). But I don't understand
the
point of doing this. I'm missing something, maybe? Again, the only time I
start Jaws manually at all is when I've exited it for some reason, like
that
a sighted friend's been using the computer and preferred it to be
actually
off, not just have the volume turned down. So they could use the Web
properly, for instance, without the interference of the virtual buffer
screen. Normal enough. But then, if they don't remember to restart jaws
(there's a toilet seat joke in there somewhere, with screen reader users
being the female and sighted computer user friends being the males), then
I
just hit my shortcut key combo and it launches. And, if I shut down, next
time I boot up, it loads as a service, as usual. Unless this isn't what
"service" means?
Okay, that's one question. The other is, if my Jaws is already loading on
startup, then how come it doesn't already keep speaking all the way
through
the Windows shutdown sequence, until the screen goes dark?
Maybe you can see the source of my confusion in my questions. I hope.
Educated me, please.
Thanks.
cirtual enitrely,from the desktop or but that isn't my pointcla
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From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "JAWS-Users" <jaws-users-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:41 AM
Subject: Tip of the Day: Manually Starting JAWS As a Service
Hi all,
I've recently discovered that there is a way to manually start JAWS as a
service using the JAWS shortcut placed on the desktop once JAWS is
installed. Here's how to do it:
1. Go to the desktop with Windows M
2. Press j until JAWS <version> (where <version> is the version(s) of
JAWS you've installed, such as JAWS 8.0).
3. Press alt enter to open the JAWS properties. The JAWS properties
dialogue box appears, with the target edit field in focus.
4. Delete what's in the target field and type the following, exactly as
shown:
net start jfwservice
5. Press enter.
6. Press F5 to refresh your desktop.
To test this:
1. Unload JAWS with insert F4 and enter.
2. Go to the desktop and press enter on the JAWS icon whose properties
you have modified.
3. Although JAWS will load as expected, you'll notice that unlike the
regular shortcut that's placed after you've installed JAWS, JAWS will
speak even after you've logged off windows!
Hope this tip is of some use! David, you may want to put this up on your
site for those who are interested. Enjoy!
Christopher Hallsworth
E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Skype name chrishallsworth7266
MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx
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