As a general rule, if I come out of hibernation, I kill JAWS and reload, just because of these anomalies. JAWS just doesn't wake up as well as other programs, I guess -- perhaps a bit more grumpy after that long nap. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: John Fioravanti To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 15:13 Subject: jaws not behaving properly on restart or hibernate mode on laptop Hi: I am using jaws 10 on a toshiba laptop with xp pro. Recently I noticed that when I restart the laptop computer or come out of hibernate mode, the cursors (down and up arrows) in jaws are not behaving properly. In otherwords, e.g., when I go to date and time and move down to read the time setting, for instance, it does not read. Also, in word perfect 8, the cursors read a blank, although if I go one character at a time to the left it will read the letter. Interestingly, when I shut down and turn the computer back on, everything works fine. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. John Fioravanti