Re: getting jaws to come up talking.
- From: "Bruce Toews" <Bruce@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:36:40 -0700
The repair/modify option with the installer has been absent since FS
started using the Windows installer instead of their own custom-built
one, I believe that was in version 6.1.
Bruce
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:06:34 -0700, "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> Curtis,
>
> First, I'm surprised to hear that you ran the installation file and
> weren't
> presented with the repair and modify options when it found that Jaws was
> already on your computer. I'm assuming you didn't uninstall Jaws before
> trying this, of course! That is, as I think you know, the way to get to
> the
> repair function for a couple of versions now. There's an explanation of
> why
> it's not done through the old Start Menu method, but someone else here
> may
> remember the explanation. I've forgotten, myself.
>
> So that is one thing worth thinking about. Second, I thought that placing
> Jaws in the Startup Group, which is done by choosing that item from the
> options on the main Jaws window (start Jaws automatically, or however
> it's
> worded, now) *did* mean that you were making Jaws run as a service. I
> thought that was synonymous with saying something is in the startup
> group.
>
> Maybe I'm wrong, in which case I'm sure someone will explain the
> distinction. But all of this sounds extremely frustrating and a little
> bit
> odd.
>
> I hope someone can offer something helpfully diagnostic.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Curtis Delzer" <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 1:54 PM
> Subject: getting jaws to come up talking.
>
>
> My wife has a new computer, an AMD dual core 2.3Ghz with 2 gigs of
> ram. Jfw will not come up talking, no matter the start up setting. I
> re-installed, (looking for repair which did not exist for some
> reason), even running the downloaded installation without that option
> shown to me, so un-installed, and re-installed, keeping her settings
> for apps, etc. Still, the program, though it's loaded, will not come
> up talking. It is using the standard Eloquence that comes with it by
> default, so, any more ideas? If I am told how, I will set it up to
> run as a service, but need to know how to do that.
>
> Curtis Delzer
>
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