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 writeoperation. No way to really know and all I can suggest is that you listen toyour 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 mybrother, all my old files and programs were on the old drive (which had theformer version of XP) but not the new one; a clean version of Windowsinstalled with the programs transferred from the old drive, but none of theold 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 notall of them got onto the new drive. Tonight he hopes to reconnect this olddrive 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 elseI 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 updateHello Cy and Friends, Before I reinstalled Windows due to a corrupted version of XP, andcompletely started over with a completely clean System's Drive, I had thisterrible 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-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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 Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf 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 thelist owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo 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/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf 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
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