I bet you it is the Windows security updates. It happens to me every time I download it. to fix it, defrag. If that does not work, I uninstalled jaws norton and did a defrag. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Venetis" <tvenetis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: Re: jaws starts slow I do not have a lot of items starting up and I am using elequence no external syn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Hardy" <hardy_grant@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 2:35 PM Subject: Re: jaws starts slow > Hello: > If you have a lot of applications starting when you reboot your laptop, this may be the cause. Also, some synthesizers, such as Microsoft Text-To-Speech 5, take longer to start than others. > > Grant > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Venetis > To: jaws > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 6:45 AM > Subject: jaws starts slow > > > I have xp home and after the windows music jaws takes 30 seconds before it speaks too long compared to other people with the same laptop > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. 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.