Re: jfw gone mad!!

  • From: "Robbie L. Miller" <Robbie.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:43:59 -0600

Hi Kimberly,
its not a big deal for me, I have a windows 2000 server, an xp pro desktop 
and laptop networked along with my 98 desktop and laptop.  I rarely use my 
98 machines, I can wait for the fix.

Best wishes,
robbie
robbie.miller@xxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KStarrett" <kstarrett5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:25 AM
Subject: RE: jfw gone mad!!


> Robbie,
>
> It would have been nice to know that before you started out, wouldn't it?
>
> Is there a place (besides this forum) where jaws users can post notes like
> this one?
>
> Kimberly
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>> Behalf Of Robbie L. Miller
>> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:03 PM
>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: jfw gone mad!!
>>
>>
>> Hello Kimberly,
>> I just got off the phone with FS, and jfw 6.0 is still raving like a
>> lunatic; "unknown function, new text event".
>> What I've learned, on a windows 98 machine, you *MUST* install jfw 6.0 on
>> the C drive, and in the default location!  I have an older 98
>> computer, and
>> my C drive is full, so I installed a 20 gb hard drive (D:).  I
>> installed the
>> last 4 versions of jfw on this D drive, but jfw 6.0 won't work for me, it
>> hangs at boot-up.  JFW tech support says jaws looks for the
>> settings files
>> in the windows directory at start-up, and if they are in another
>> directory,
>> jfw goes madd!  Freedom Scientific is working on the problem.
>> Since I don't
>> have enough free space on my C drive, I can't use jfw 6.0 until I buy a
>> bigger C drive, or FS resolves the problem.  Ironically, if I
>> purchase and
>> install a new hard drive, I'll lose my authorization to use jfw
>> 6.0, as my
>> locking code will change.
>> ... Unbelievable "unknown function, new text event" ...
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "KStarrett" <kstarrett5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:21 AM
>> Subject: RE: jfw gone mad!!
>>
>>
>> > Hi Robbie,
>> >
>> > This same thing happened to me when I installed 5.1 and tried
>> to merge my
>> > old settings with the new version. Have you tried reinstalling 6.0?
>> >
>> > Kimberly
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>> >> Behalf Of Robbie L. Miller
>> >> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:10 AM
>> >> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Subject: jfw gone mad!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I installed the 6.0 ILM version of jfw on my old Windows 98
>> >> machine yesterday with no problems.  I even installed the whats
>> >> new, and basic training files on the hard drive as well.  JFW 6.0
>> >> worked fine yesterday, I even gave the FS Reader a spin, it
>> >> worked fine as well.
>> >> Today however, when I started the 98 machine, jfw began repeating
>> >> "unknown function, new text event".
>> >> I can't get jfw to stop saying "unknown function, new text
>> >> event", jfw just keeps repeating it's self!
>> >> If I press the control key jfw will stop repeating for just a
>> >> moment, and begin again.  I've tried pressing the shift, alt, and
>> >> even unloading jfw, nothing works.
>> >> I typed in my password and pressed the enter key, and my son told
>> >> me the computer did log in to my network, but jfw still keeps
>> >> repeating "unknown function, new text event".  No matter which
>> >> key I press, jfw will speak the key, then begin repeating the
>> >> same thing again "unknown function, new text event".
>> >> Using the mouse, my son was able to shut down jfw 6.0, and
>> >> restart it.  After the restart, jfw 6.0 work fine, but when I
>> >> rebooted the machine, the same problems came back.  Any ideas?
>> >>
>> >> robbie.miller@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
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