HI Dean and all, I had done what you suggested Dean. The problem was that I was not getting any sound at logon and couldn't reliably get to my account. I think I have solved this however by scheduling quickmix to run on sys startup. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Martineau" <dean92@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:21 AM Subject: Re: losing sound > Since you have Quickmix, it seems to me you're well on your way to a > solution. For those not familiar with it, and there is a Main Menu program > about it, Quickmix is a free program that lets you save different volume > control configurations and easily recall them by activating this or that > .qmx file. > > I've seen several JAWS users have this kind of problem if they share their > computer. > > I assume you have saved your desired volume control settings in > Quickmix. Why not simply make a shortcut to that file that you put on the > desktop and either name the shortcut with a character unique to your > desktop icons, or assign a hotkey to it? Let's say you name the desktop > icon xnormal volume. Now, if you boot your system and have no speech > because the volume has been muted, simply hit windows key+m followed by x > and your volume is back to normal. > > Write back of you need clarification. > > Dean > > -- > 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 > > If 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 -- 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 If 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